City of Charleston

Is on a peninsular surrounded on three sides by water – two rivers that empty into the Atlantic Ocean. In the past and present, Charleston Harbor provided an important and convenient entry and exit. When John went to and returned from college in 1897, he would’ve passed Fort Sumter, the site of the first battle intended to keep people like him enslaved.

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