CLARKSVILLE, TN − A group of Austin Peay State University students, led by Associate Professor Eboné Amos, recently traveled to South Carolina to explore the region’s African American history firsthand, immersing themselves in the cultural and historical significance of cities like Charleston.
The group visited sites such as the International African American Museum, McLeod Plantation, and Mitchellville, which was home to the first self-governing community of freed slaves during the Civil War.
“It’s one thing to read about [slavery], and it’s one thing to go on the Internet and have people argue whether it even existed,” Amos said. “It’s another thing to be standing on the land that is still preserved from that time. Seeing the records, hearing the stories.”…