The Charleston Library Society and Buxton Books are honored to co-host renowned Dr. Edda Fields-Black in conversation with Dana Beach, Founder & Director Emeritus- South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, to discuss her most recent publication, COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War. In her book, Dr. Fields-Black dives into the story of the Combahee River Raid, one of Harriet Tubman’s most extraordinary accomplishments, based on original documents written by a descendant of one of the participants.

We will also discuss the upcoming exhibit that tells this story which opens at The Gibbes Museum in May 2025