Education - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org Fostering the rich history of Dataw Island, South Carolina Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:10:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.datawhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-Dataw-Historic-Foundation-logo-512x406-1-32x32.png Education - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org 32 32 Enslaved People of South Carolina & Datha Island https://www.datawhistory.org/dataw-island-history/enslaved-people-of-south-carolina-datha-island/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:58:38 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=6909 Dataw Island: No Ordinary Place https://www.datawhistory.org/dataw-island-history/dataw-island-no-ordinary-place/ Fri, 22 May 2020 01:22:18 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=3947 From prehistoric times to present day, an island rich in history, mystery, and stunning natural beauty. Experience the beauty and history of Dataw Island, South Carolina in this exquisite, limited edition, historical, coffee table book. With over 200 images - from archaeological findings to Dataw's ruins and its breathtaking natural vistas, you will enjoy and learn the depth of history that makes Dataw the special place that it is today.

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]]> Tale of Two Cemeteries https://www.datawhistory.org/dataw-island-history/tale-of-two-cemeteries/ Wed, 11 Dec 2019 02:26:04 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=2953 The tabby ruins at the Sams Plantation Complex stand as mute evidence of a bygone era. There were two distinct ways of life which coexisted in the antebellum South. The Plantation Owner and his family were White, European-American, educated, affluent and engaged, politically, socially and culturally, in the wider community. The Slaves, on the other hand, were captured by European slavers who forcibly removed them to North and South America from all over West Africa.

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]]> The Alcoa Years 1982-2007 https://www.datawhistory.org/dataw-island-history/the-alcoa-years-1982-2007/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 01:05:46 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=2675 On Mar 4, 2019, John Colgan of the Dataw Historic Foundation presented highlights of the original development of Dataw Island by Alcoa. In the 1980’s, Alcoa South Carolina, a subsidiary…

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]]> Sea Island Cotton-Presentation https://www.datawhistory.org/dataw-island-history/sea-island-cotton/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 02:15:32 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=2591 History & Learning Center https://www.datawhistory.org/history-learning-center/history-learning-center/ Sun, 06 Oct 2019 01:12:21 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=2515 The Sams of Florida https://www.datawhistory.org/dataw-island-history/presentation-on-sams-of-florida-june-2019/ Fri, 16 Aug 2019 02:03:59 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=2196 This presentation on the Sams of Florida was given by Joe Roney in June of 2019. He tells the fascinating story of how Sams descendant M. Seabrook Sams and 3 of his step-cousins walked from Wadmalaw Island, SC to Merritt Island, FL, a distance of over 400 miles, in the 1870's to start new lives.

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]]> Hurricane of 1893 https://www.datawhistory.org/dataw-island-history/hurricane-of-1893/ Fri, 18 Jan 2019 01:30:37 +0000 http://datawhistory.org/?p=1663 Tom Watkins of the Dataw Historic Foundation gave this presentation January 15th, 2019 at the Community Center on Dataw Island, SC.

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