GREEN POND, S.C. (WCSC) - A new rice festival highlighting the historical Combahee River freedom seekers is taking place this weekend in the rural community of Green Pond in Colleton County. The 2026 ...

In this, the Combahee River “freedom seekers,” as Fields-Black calls escaping slaves, shared much with Tubman. On September 17, 1849, shortly after her enslaver sold her niece, Tubman and her two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 274-year-old plantation along the Combahee River in Beaufort County with ties to Robert E. Lee and Frank Lloyd Wright recently ...

In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations along the Combahee River, near Beaufort, South Carolina. Dr. Edda Fields-Black, ...

Ashara Ekundayo will lead a discussion with Alison Saar and other artists in the airport's museum, and anyone can attend.

Edda Fields-Black won the prize for her book 'COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War.' Edda Fields-Black was announced as the winner of a Pulitzer ...

Most anyone knows that Harriet Tubman served as spy, soldier, nurse and North Star navigator during the Civil War. And most know she fearlessly returned to the scene of her bondage to guide the ...

A 274-year-old plantation along the Combahee River in Beaufort County with ties to Robert E. Lee and Frank Lloyd Wright recently sold for $9 million. The 1,851-acre Old Combahee Plantation had been on ...