Gadsden’s Wharf: One of the most prolific slave trading ports in the US will finally open as a museum
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 1, 2022
"Committed reckoning with history is a necessary stop on the road to healing and reconciliation," Tonya Matthews, who was named as the museum's president and CEO last week, said in a news release.
Plans for the museum were first publicly announced by the former Mayor of Charleston, Joseph P. Riley, Jr., in 2000. "Our journey has been long because it took time to secure the optimal site," the former mayor said in a statement.
Riley said, "it took time to raise the resources, assemble the team, and plan every detail that would enhance the . . .
