What is the history of the Angel Oak Tree?
Answer
The 65-foot-high “Angel Oak” on Johns Island near Charleston, South Carolina, is believed to be one of the oldest living things east of the Mississippi. During segregation, its branches offered shade and shelter to black and white residents alike.
Source: https://gardens.si.edu/exhibitions/traveling/habitat/live-oaks-a-gathering-place/
Related Information
- Johns Island: Angel Oak, 1975, and undated, Box: 9, Folder: 2. Esther Kaplan Pivnick collection, AMN 1138. Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture. https://findingaids.library.cofc.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/46541 Accessed October 02, 2024.
- Freeman, Michael. “ "Angel Oak," by Michael Freeman” Lowcountry Digital Library, Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston,
- A Tree Story: Gullah/Geechee Roots and Resilience
- Miller, Ruth M, and Linda A Lennon. The Angel Oak. 2nd ed. Charleston, S.C: Tradd Street Press, 1989.
- Felkel, Linda L, and Ruth M Miller. Research Notes and Oral History with Septima P. Clark, 1980-1981., 1980.
- Clark . “ Oral history with Septima P. Clark” Lowcountry Digital Library, South Carolina Historical Society, 11/20/1980.
- Angel Oak, Vol. 1, No. 1 : John’s Island, S.C. Charleston, S.C: Angel Oak Magazine,], 1975.
- Frazier, Eugene. James Island : Stories from Slave Descendants. Charleston [SC] ; History Press, 2007.
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