

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Living History Saturdays: By Way of the Back Door 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 10:00 am – Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Historic Brattonsville’s Black history month programming explores African American life in the Carolina Piedmont, giving voice to one woman’s extraordinary lifetime from 1780-1865. 

Every Saturday throughout the month of February focuses on what Molly may have witnessed during her 85 years as drastic changes in American history unfolded. Molly was 85 years old and lived and worked on Harriet Bratton’s plantation in 1865 where she appears in the records listed as a “freedman” (a formerly enslaved person). 

Documentation shows that she was enslaved as early as 1843 and listed with a child, Wesley, but few other details remain. Inferences suggest she was born around 1780 as her life began during the fight for freedom in the American Revolution and saw the culmination of the abolition of slavery in 1865. 

Each day highlights Molly during a particular year and includes a Black history site tour at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. as well as weekly highlights and extra ongoing activities. 

Activities for Feb. 7 – Molly in 1780
- “Look with Your Hands” tour of an 18th century home – 1 p.m.
- 18th century militia drill – 3:30 p.m.  

Activities for Feb. 14 – Molly in 1840 
- Cooking demonstration – 1 p.m. 
- Historic cotton ginning – 3:30 p.m. 

Activities for Feb. 21 – Molly in 1855 
- Woodworking highlighting Sam Smith the carpenter - 1 p.m.
- Blacksmithing highlighting Adam the blacksmith – 3:30 p.m.
  
Activities for Feb. 28 – Molly in 1865 
- Brattonsville general store and Reconstruction – 1 p.m. 
- Quilting demo – 3:30 p.m.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/mc-connells/living-history-saturdays-by-way-of-the-back-door/200029720658244
- **Event Categories**: black-history-month, it
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://chmuseums.org/events/list/?tribe-bar-date=2026-02-01&utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=mc+connells-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Mc Connells
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1444 Brattonsville Rd, McConnells, SC, United States, South Carolina 29726
- **lat**: 34.86511
- **long**: -81.17499
- **full address**: 1444 Brattonsville Rd, McConnells, SC, United States, South Carolina 29726, 1444 Brattonsville Rd, McConnells, SC 29726-8768, United States, Mc Connells

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Historic Brattonsville (https://allevents.in/org/historic-brattonsville/14305204)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1444 Brattonsville Rd, McConnells, SC, United States, South Carolina 29726, 1444 Brattonsville Rd, McConnells, SC 29726-8768, United States, Mc Connells
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Historic Brattonsville
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** black-history-month, it
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Living History Saturdays: By Way of the Back Door  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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