New South Associates (NSA) has completed a research study of multiple
African American Settlement Communities on both James and Johns islands
in Charleston County, South Carolina for the South Carolina Department of
Transportation’s (SCDOT) Mark Clark Expressway Expansion Project. This
investigation sought to compile and create a “cultural atlas” of the identified communities on James Island and Johns Island in Charleston County, SC that the respective communities can use for future cultural heritage preservation. The finished report includes oral histories, maps, historical background, an atlas and bibliography.
