Just a few days before Christmas on Wednesday, December 22, 1880 in the town of Walterboro, South Carolina, a local newspaper published a unique 14-stanza holiday poem about the town, its local businesses and personalities. Aptly entitled “A Christmas Carol,” the poem is a fascinating glimpse into a southern town on the brink of change, caught between the turbulent period of Reconstruction and the beginnings of the repressive Jim Crow era in the late 19th century.
Walterboro’s “A Christmas Carol” & Reconstruction in the SC Lowcountry
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