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Conversations of Freedom Speaker Series: Charleston during the British Occupation

May 3, 2026

| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Lectures | Dorchester County

Location: Middleton Place Pavilion

Cost: Free; advanced registration is required.

As part of our Conversations of Freedom Speaker Series, historian Christina Butler reveals the complex daily realities of the British Occupation of Charleston (1780–1782) through groundbreaking research funded by the SC250 Commission. Moving beyond traditional military history, the Christina draws on over 500 hours of archival study to explore how the occupation reshaped the lives of enslaved people, women, and Native Americans.