African American Focus Tour February 19, 2011

The African American Focus Tour explores the lives of African American slaves and freedmen at Middleton Place and other plantations. Along the tour route, guides discuss domestic life at Eliza's House (a freedmen's dwelling), labor at the Rice Mill and Spring House, and religion and spirituality at the Plantation Chapel and slave cemetery. Guides also discuss the processes of rice cultivation, the work of slaves in the landscaped gardens and the role of domestic slaves in the lives of the Middleton family. Tours are held Monday through Friday at 2:00 p.m. and at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Please call (843) 556-6020 for additional information.