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Charleston Time Machine: Florence O'Sullivan : South Carolina ’s Irish Enigma Florence O'Sullivan was among the first European settlers who came to Carolina in 1670, and he played a significant role in the growth of the colony during the ensuing years. Few details of his life or his personality survive, however, beyond a litany of complaints and accusations made by his English contemporaries. Perhaps by considering O’ Sullivan as a stoic Irishman struggling within an Anglocentric framework, we might lift the veil shrouding his enigmatic story and expand a curious narrative from the earliest days of the Carolina Colony.

Charleston Time Machine - Margaret Daniel: Enterprising Free Woman of Color…Margaret Daniel was neither rich nor famous, but the sparse details of her career provide a valuable window into Charleston life around the turn of the nineteenth century. Between the American Revolution and her death in 1817, she baked delicious pastries, catered fancy dinners for Charleston’s White elite, entertained exclusive business meetings, accumulated real estate, and hosted a school for Black children. Her story is not found among the literature concerning local foodways, but the evidence of her long career forms a compelling chapter in our culinary History

St. Michaels Builders The Men Who Built St. Michael’s Church,1752–1754 Enslaved bricklayers toiling in the 1750s raised the walls and steeple of St. Michael’s Church, the oldest surviving house of worship in the city of Charleston. On this episode of Charleston Time Machine, Dr. Nic Butler describes the evidence documenting their forgotten labors

The Charleston Time Machine is an imaginary time-travel device created by historian Dr. Nic Butler. It uses stories and facts from the rich, deep, colorful history of Charleston, South Carolina, as a means to educate, inspire, amuse, and even amaze the minds of our community. By exploring the stories of our shared past, we can better understand our present world and plan more effectively for the future.