Conversations of Freedom Speaker Series: Charleston during the British Occupation

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.

Christina is the Provost, Chair of General Education, and a full professor at the American College of the Building Arts, where she teaches courses in historic preservation and architectural history.  She is also an adjunct professor for Clemson’s Master of Historic Preservation program.  She taught for over a decade at College of Charleston, including courses in Building Pathology, Preservation Project Planning, Researching Historic Properties, Vernacular Architecture, and Introduction to Historic Preservation.  Butler lectures at other venues on various aspects of architectural and local history.  Her areas of interest include urban history, cultural landscapes, history of public works and technology, and historic building materials and methodology.  She researches and writes cultural resource management reports, land use histories, National Register nominations, and assists clients with preservation permitting and understanding and caring for their historic properties.