Charles Pinckney NHS
NPS History
NPSHistory.comCharles Pinckney National Historic Site in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, preserves the last known property associated with Charles Pinckney (1757–1824), a principal author and signer of the United States Constitution. Pinckney served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, where he submitted a comprehensive draft plan that influenced the final document, and later served as governor of South Carolina four times and as a U.S. senator and ambassador to Spain. The 28-acre site contains Snee Farm, a working plantation where enslaved African Americans labored for generations. The site was established in 1988 to tell the intertwined stories of Constitutional democracy and the enslaved people whose labor sustained the property.
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Charles Pinckney NHS in SC preserves a piece of American history that the public has trusted the National Park Service to protect and interpret. The exhibit panels at this site have been developed over years by historians, subject-matter experts, and park staff — and are now being reviewed under Secretary's Order 3431.
Why this matters: Charles Pinckney NHS is part of a network of over 400 national parks that serve as America's classrooms. The interpretive materials here were developed by subject-matter experts to help visitors understand the full story of this place. When historically accurate content is removed, the public loses access to its own history.
Please review the text for the water bottle sign locatedf at the comfort station of the Charles Pinckney NHS to ensure compliance with the SO/EO.
Flagged for Review: Publications (6 items)
The story of Charles Pinckney NHS is inseparable from the lives of the people who were enslaved here — including Olaudah Equiano, Olaudah Equino, Slave Girl. For generations, their stories went untold. The interpretive materials now targeted for review were created to ensure these voices would finally be heard.
The flagged materials include content from “The Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equino, Dover Thrift Editions”, “Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl by Harriet A. Jacobs”, “Smashing Obstacles and Building Legacies by Lynette Jackson Love”, “Shackles by Marjory Heath Wentworth”, “Life on a Plantation by Bobbie Kalman” — 6 individual items targeted for review.
Why this matters: The history of slavery at Charles Pinckney NHS was suppressed for generations. The materials now being targeted represent decades of work by historians, descendants of enslaved people, and community advocates to ensure these stories are finally told. Removing them would re-erase history that has only recently been acknowledged.
List of books sold in the CHPI Eastern National Store that need review for compliance with SO/EO.
• The Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equino, Dover Thrift Editions
• Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl by Harriet A. Jacobs
• Smashing Obstacles and Building Legacies by Lynette Jackson Love
• Shackles by Marjory Heath Wentworth
• Life on a Plantation by Bobbie Kalman
• Ar’n’t I a Woman? By Deborah Gray White Here is the CHPI Scope of Sales statement to provide context Primary Themes
Flagged for Review: Exhibit panels (29 items)
The story of Charles Pinckney NHS is inseparable from the lives of the people who were enslaved here — including Charles Pinckney. For generations, their stories went untold. The interpretive materials now targeted for review were created to ensure these voices would finally be heard.
The flagged materials include content from “America’s Founders”, “Lowcountry Founding Families”, “Lowcountry Founding Families 2”, “Founding Families”, “Timeline 1680” — 29 individual items targeted for review.
Why this matters: The history of slavery at Charles Pinckney NHS was suppressed for generations. The materials now being targeted represent decades of work by historians, descendants of enslaved people, and community advocates to ensure these stories are finally told. Removing them would re-erase history that has only recently been acknowledged.
Please review approximately 29 panels for compliance with the SO/EO. Charles Pinckney was an author and signer of the US Constitution. This plantation site, Snee Farm, is his last existing plantation site. The park themes include interpreting his life, the US Constitution and all lives, free and enslaved who lived at the plantation site, Entry Room The front room of the Charles Pinckney Visitor Center includes the front desk, bookstore, and an interactive activity introduced by the America’s Founders info panel.
• America’s Founders Hallway This space serves as the introductory space to the Charles Pinckney Visitor Center Exhibit. A panel on what it means to be a founding family or individual sets the tone. The hallway also includes artist renderings of plantation life by local Gullah Geechee artists.
• Lowcountry Founding Families
• Lowcountry Founding Families 2 Room 1 (Rice Wheel Room) The first room in the Charles Pinckney Visitor Center exhibit reflects on what it means to be an American founder and includes a timeline, an historic rice wheel found on the property, and artifacts of Charles Pinckney’s discovered via archeological excavation.
• Founding Families
• Timeline 1680
• Timeline 1788
• Timeline 1800
• Timeline 1810
• Timeline 1993 Room 2 (Rice Trunk Room) The second room in the Charles Pinckney Visitor Center explores the life of enslaved individuals at Snee Farm and begins discussing the constitutional contributions of Charles Pinckney, both proposed and finalized.
• Rice Trunk Room Overview 1
• Rice Trunk Room Overview 2
• Rice Trunk Room Overview 3
• Rice Trunk Room Overview 4
• Protecting Slavery 1
• Protecting Slavery 2
• Lowcountry in the Nations Founding
• Control and Subversion 1
• Control and Subversion 2
• Sensitive Panel
• We the People
• Division and Separation
• Newspaper Clippings Room 3 (Constitution Room) The third and final room of the Charles Pinckney Visitor Center continues to elaborate on Charles Pinckney’s constitutional contributions. It also continues the narrative of the enslaved at Snee Farm by explaining the development and present-day status of the Gullah Geechee people and their culture.
• Constitution Room Overview 1
• Constitution Room Overview 2
• Constitution Room Overview 3
• Constitution Room Overview 4
• Political Base
• Pinckney Told Congress
• Protest Photo Caption
• Constitutional Legacies
• Amending the Constitution
• Public Service and Influence
• Division and Secession
• Charles Pinckney Quote 1
• Charles Pinckney Quote 2
• Slavery Sows Seeds of Destruction
• Charles Pinckney Constitution
• Pinckney New Political Base
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