Fabric Of Life

Meet five of the Lowcountry’s inspired African American quilters whose avant-garde artworks and cultural legacies are connected by a thread.

Written by JEmily Perlman Abedon
Photographs by Thomas McElwee

Portrait of a Warrior

In South Carolina during the Revolutionary War, a humble plantation owner and courageous patriot named Francis Marion became the father of guerrilla warfare.

Written by Suzannah Smith Miles

Images from the collections of

the South Carolina Historical Society

Aids in the Lowcountry

Largely off the public radar, HIV/AIDS is alive and well and spreading—especially in the South.
Get reacquainted with the Lowcountry’s equal opportunity disease

Written by stephanie Hunt

Photographs by mic smith