25 04, 2011

The Civil War, 150 years later – CBS Sunday Morning

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Bernard Powers, a professor of African American history at the College of Charleston, is an advisor to Drayton Hall, near Charleston, S.C. Slaves are buried here, their graves unmarked. "I come out here and walk over in this area and there's a certain spirituality that pervades this place," he said. "One of the things that

20 04, 2011

Atlantic turtles threatened by man-made chemicals – Bermuda Sun

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A team from the College of Charleston, South Carolina, used hi-tech satellite transmitters to track migrant loggerhead turtles from Florida, up and down the U.S. Atlantic coast. Lead author Jared Ragland, from the College of Charleston, said: “The risks posed by persistent organic pollutants, known as POPs, remains largely a mystery for threatened loggerhead sea

19 04, 2011

Civil War – BBC

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One hundred and fifty years ago, the first shots of the US Civil War were fired in Charleston, South Carolina. Historian Bernard Powers talks to the BBC's Paul Adams about the history of slavery and why it triggered the secession of southern states. Speaking at Boone Hall Plantation outside Charleston, Powers says the US has