I’m a writer, researcher, and educator documenting the lives of men, women, and children enslaved by the Vanderhorst family on Kiawah Island and across the South Carolina Lowcountry.
Since 2021, I’ve been gathering names from estate records, letters, and diaries, primarily from the Vanderhorst Family Papers housed at the South Carolina Historical Society
This project is building a public-facing archive to support research, remembrance, and the long-overdue restoration of Black history on Kiawah Island.
Who were they?
Meet the real Kiawah Islanders
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