Occassionally, I highlight online resources about history that go well beyond the mission of the BDC "to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history of the area of lowcountry South Carolina known as the old historic Beaufort District."
If you are at all interested in hearing lectures by world renowned historians over your computer, take a look at the free podcast series offered by the Gilder Lehrman Institute.
Among the 50 topics within the free podcasts are these which in some way directly relate to the history, culture, and/or environment of Beaufort District:
Harriet Tubman (she was here during the Civil War; the new Combahee River Bridge is named in honor of the raid she led)
The Significance of Reconstruction (there are those who call Beaufort District "Ground Zero" for Reconstruction) and
lots on Abraham Lincoln and the issue of slavery and race in American life.
You will have to register online with the Gilder Lehrman Institute before you can listen to the archived podcasts.
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