Charles Pinckney, a principal author and signer of the United States Constitution, owned seven plantations. Enslaved Africans and African Americans on Lowcountry plantations developed a unique culture known collectively today as "Gullah." Gullah people made significant contributions not only to the Lowcountry plantation system but also to American culture in general. A remnant of his Lowcountry plantation, Snee Farm, is preserved today as Charles Pinckney National Historic Site.

These Gullah programs range from craft demonstrations such as quilting, cast-net making, ironwork and sweetgrass basket sewing to cooking, African drumming and story-telling, folk-tales, spirituals and other musical performances.

Feb 2   Carolyn "Jabulile" White, Sea Island storyteller

Thomas Mark Pinckney, poetry reading, Spoken Words for My Soul

Vera Manigault, sweetgrass basket demonstration

Feb 9   Anita Singleton-Prather, "Aunt Pearlie Sue" Gullah Tales

            Vera Manigault, sweetgrass basket demonstration  

Feb 16 Sharon & Frank Murray, rice production

            Paul & Loretta Hromoga, indigo dyeing

Feb 23 Ann Caldwell & the Magnolia Singers, spirituals

Jeannette Lee, sweetgrass basket demonstration

Mar 1   Veronica Gerald & Jesse Gant, Gullah cooking demonstration

Alada "Muima" Shinault-Small, African tales

NIA Productions, African drumming & dance            

Mar 8   Vermelle & Andrew Rodrigues, quilting & toys

Vera Manigault, sweetgrass basket demonstration

           "Sista, Sista" stories & skits

            Charles C. Williams, cast-net making & woodwork

Mar 15  Philip Simmons, master ironworker, documentary & book signing

  Dorothy Montgomery, quilting

  Elijah Ford, sweetgrass basket demonstration

Mar 22 Ann Caldwell & the Magnolia Singers, spirituals

William Rouse, sweetgrass basket demonstration

Mar 29 Anita Singleton-Prather, "Aunt Pearlie Sue" Gullah Tales