Facing Climate Gentrification, an Historic African American Community Outside Charleston, S.C., Embraces Conservation

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After emancipation, freed slaves bought marshy land along the coast that white landowners weren’t interested in. Now, big developers covet such waterfront property, despite rising sea levels, threatening historic Black communities.

By Daniel Shailer

Flooding the Market: First in a series about climate change and coastal threats in South Carolina.

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