Post and Courier reporter interviews U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Archaeologist, Rick Kanaski on Jehossee Island in February, 2022. This Sunday’s Post and Courier profiled ongoing preservation efforts at Jehossee Island. The front-page article and accompanying editorial highlighted coalition work the PSC has spearheaded to safeguard the important history of the former rice plantation once inhabited by one […]
Read the original Post and Courier article here. Contractor Beekman Webb checks his phone for an earlier image of the Jehossee Island Overseer’s House (in background), which he helped fix up. Robert Behre/Staff The role of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to conserve, protect and enhance our nation’s fish, wildlife and plants, so […]
Read the original Post and Courier article here. Rick Kanaski, regional archaeologist and historic preservation officer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, walks toward the former overseer’s house on Jehossee Island on Feb. 28, 2022. Gavin McIntyre/Staff JEHOSSEE ISLAND — This uninhabited island in the Lowcountry’s ACE Basin was the site of one of […]
Drone photography of the c. 1830 Jehossee Island overseer’s house and rice mill complex taken in March 2021. Courtesy of Brent R. Fortenberry, Ph.D, RPA. To fully understand Charleston’s history, it is critical to study and interpret the under-documented landscape of slavery and rice cultivation in the Lowcountry. That’s why the PSC is working alongside […]
Located on the Edisto River, Jehossee Island is an uninhabited former rice plantation where hundreds of years of undisturbed Lowcountry history form a fascinating cultural landscape. Once one of the most productive rice plantations in the American south with one of the largest enslaved populations, Jehossee has the potential to contribute significantly to the modern understanding […]