Black History / Porgy & Bess Tour
This 1 or 2 Hour motorized tour stops at the Old Slave Mart Museum and covers Charleston's ubiquitous African American history. You'll see and hear about: Emanuel AME Church, Catfish Row, City Market, The Battery, Old Slave Mart Museum, Site of the Hanging Tree, Aiken-Rhett House, Stories of Gullah Culture, Free Blacks, Denmark Vesey Slave Plot, Civil War, East Side, West Side, The Citadel, City Jail, Old Marine Hospital Building, Philip Simmons Ironworks, Avery Institute and much more.
Explore historic Charleston through the Gullah / Geechee Culture that paved the way for the birth of George Gershwin's opera "Porgy & Bess." This well known opera draws from the life of the writer and native Charlestonian, DuBose Heyward. Imagine seeing and hearing the rhythms of the old Black street vendors begging and selling their wares through the streets of the old city.
This is history told the Charleston way. Reserve your seat today
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