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New rice festival highlights Gullah heritage and the historical Combahee River freedom seekers

GREEN POND, S.C. (WCSC) - A new rice festival highlighting the historical Combahee River freedom seekers is taking place this weekend in the rural community of Green Pond in Colleton County. The 2026 ...
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Paddling the Combahee River and Wimbee Creek — the Lowcountry’s historic route to freedom

On the night of June 1, 1862, three steamships entered the Combahee River from St. Helena Sound. Aboard were 300 soldiers of the 2nd South Carolina. These were not men in Confederate gray, but Union ...