by editor | Jul 20, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
More than 236,000 acres of rice fields spanning 160 miles once covered coastal South Carolina, according to a recent mapping project that used modern tools to document the massive footprint of the Lowcountry’s antebellum rice culture. Building the ponds and dikes and...
by editor | Jul 18, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
In the world according to former President Donald Trump and his apologists, the former president sincerely believed — and still believes — that election fraud and “irregular” voting deprived him of victory in the 2020 election. They will tell you that he...
by editor | Jul 18, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston Unveils Plaque Describing Horrors of Punishment House for Slaves Until recently, the story of the Charleston Work House received little recognition in the city’s collective memory. That changed a little when Mayor John Tecklenburg unveiled a...
by editor | Jul 14, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
You can find good fried chicken anywhere in America. The essential ingredients — chicken, oil, some sort of breading — are ubiquitous. Hungry customers are everywhere, too, especially given that chicken and deep-fried anything are among the planet’s most reliable...
by editor | Jul 14, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
“Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or three thousand tyrants one mile away?” — Rev. Mather Blyes (1706-1788) Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature?...
by editor | Jul 12, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
How do you make a convincing biopic about Elvis Presley, one of the most important, unique and charismatic performers in the history of American music? But the performer who played Presley in the new movie, “Elvis,” pulled it off spectacularly. Reportedly,...