Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and South Carolina lawmaker.

"From 1754 to 1755, the slave ship Hare completed a journey from Newport, Rhode Island, to Sierra Leone and back to the United States--a journey that transformed more than seventy Africans into ...

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Willie Turral, owner of Willie's Bar & Grill on historic St. Helena Island, said a security guard at the venue was one of ...

The shooting occurred shortly before 1 a.m. on Oct. 12 at Willie’s Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island in South Carolina.

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — A mass shooting at a crowded bar on an idyllic South Carolina island has left four people dead and at ...

The mass shooting at Willie's Bar and Grill over the weekend rattled St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Here's what we know.