Charleston Work House
This file appears in: Charleston Work House and "Sugar House"
This lithograph from Harpers Weekly depicts an alternative view of the Charleston Jail in 1865. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
This file appears in: Charleston Work House and "Sugar House"
Charleston Work House and "Sugar House"
(CONTENT CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF TORTURE) “I have heard a great deal said about hell, and wicked places, but I don't think there is any worse hell than that sugar house.”
Before South Carolina became famous for its prized Carolina Gold rice,…