Researchers Compile History of Black S.C. Hamlets: Researchers from two states are compiling a history of Black hamlets on the South Carolina coast originally settled by freed slaves and now threatened by suburban sprawl.The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Monday that historians from Clemson University and from Ursinus College in Pennsylvania are collecting the history of the 10 communities northeast of Charleston.
The hamlets extend from Remley's Point where the Arthur Ravenel bridge links Mount Pleasant to Charleston northeastward for 15 miles along the coast.
