Post by Joanna on Feb 17, 2009 12:46:54 GMT 10
The year? 1745. The place? Charleston, South Carolina. The city is bustling with trade, gossip, and life. Outside the city limits, huge plantations maintained by slaves operate under the families more wealthy than you can even imagine.
Sounds too good to be true? That's because it is. On the seas, mere miles away from the city, pirates are pillaging ships for their cargo. In Charleston itself, dirty dealings are afoot, plots to free slaves are in place, and you don't have to look very hard to see that not everything is what it seems.
Charleston's no fairy tale.