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5.0 / 5 from 8 reviews on Viator
- Group size
- Up to 14
- Language
- English
- Rating on Viator
- 5.0 / 5 · 8 reviews
About this tour
We are the only experience in Charleston led by a full-blooded Gullah Geechee Indian historian, Chief Godfrey Gullah JacK BlacK. While others stick to a sanitized script, we provide the raw, unfiltered, unscripted truth of America’s #1 slave-trading concentration camp.
We reveal the ancient secrets of the people who built the Holy City’s economy. Your journey dives deep into the lives of enslaved builders, wealthy Black landowners, and resilient people. You will hear the Gullah Hebrew language and stand on the very ground where history was made.
This is more than a tour—it's an eye-opening confrontation with the past. We offer a nuanced, deeply personal perspective you won't find anywhere else. From Indians to Negroes to Black, we trace the bloodline and the survival of a culture that still breathes today. Once you see the real Charleston through your eyes, you can never unsee it.
Accessibility, as stated by the supplier
- Wheelchair accessible
- Wheelchair-accessible transport
- Stroller accessible
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Itinerary
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- 1
At the southern tip of Charleston, where the Ashley and Cooper rivers meet, Battery and White Point Gardens offer more than just scenic harbor views and antebellum mansions. For the "Indians to Negroes Riding Tour, this site serves as a profound classroom for the unfiltered history of the Gullah Geechee people. Travelers will see the grand estates of the planter class, built through the exploitation of enslaved African and Indigenous labor. You will look out over the harbor, the entry point for the Middle Passage, where countless ancestors first touched this land in chains. We strip away the Cultural Heritage fluff to reveal how this defensive landscape was forged by the hands of Indians and Negroes who became the Gullah Geechee. You’ll witness the physical reminders of a city built on the rice and indigo trade, hearing the truth of the slave auctions that once occurred nearby. This is where the silence of the archives is broken by the voice of a full-blooded Gullah Geechee historian.(10 min)
- 2
Stand atop the very steps where humanity was monetized in America’s #1 slave-trading hub. This is the Charleston Slave Auction Market Building, an auction house built in 1807 to display the brutal, bloody reality of the domestic slave trade, sold in public with wide-eyed buyers. While conventional tours often sanitize or skip this site, Chief Godfrey Gullah JacK BlacK—the city’s only fullblooded Gullah Geechee historian reveals the unfiltered truth of the lucrative industry that built the Holy City. You will stand where ancestors were broken, processed, and sold, hearing the ancient secrets and unscripted history of the domestic slave trade that fueled Charleston's wealth. This is a one-of-a-kind, eye-opening confrontation with the past. You’ll learn how the Geechee people survived the auction block to preserve a culture that still thrives today. Once you see the certified truth atop these steps, you can never unsee it.(10 min)
Know before you go
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Included
- Guide
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Location & contact
- Area
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Contact
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