Centuries after pharaohs, emperors, czars, sultans, khans, caliphs, and kings all took turns ruling the disparate, sometimes simultaneously existing regimes that historians then and now refer to as the “world-ruling empires,” a brand-new dynasty emerged, in South Carolina. Just as Rome, Egypt, Athens, or Carthage are considered by ancient historians as “world capitals,” for Black Americans, South Carolina stands as the capital of the known world. Understanding the history and legacy of Africans in America, and America itself, cannot begin with the tea-tossing frat boys of Boston or even the
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