The great colonial city of the South is now the cradle of secession. Charleston, home to real-life versions of Rhett Butler, harbors blockade runners who supply the Confederacy. The abolition of slavery alters virtually everyone and everything here. The production of wealth withers. Reconstruction government departs and local leaders seize control of city and state.
Segregation becomes the law of the land.
Still inhabited by descendants of colonial days, but overlooked by others, she is preserved. We've arrived to 1931. While the Depression bleeds America, Charlestonians pass the first preservation ordinance in our country. From now on, this gem of a city shall be protected, polished and put on display. Our living museum of American history awaits your arrival.