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Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

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The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture is a division of the College of Charleston library system. The center is located on the site of the former Avery Normal Institute in the Harleston village district at 125 Bull Street in Charleston, South Carolina. This historic secondary school trained Black students for professional careers and leadership roles, and served as a hub for Charleston’s African-American community from 1865 to 1954. In 1978, the alumni of the Avery Normal Institute, led by Lucille Whipper, formed the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture. They worked with the College of Charleston to establish the Avery Research Center in 1985 to preserve the legacy of the Avery Normal Institute and educate the broader community about the history and culture of African Americans in Charleston, the South Carolina Lowcountry, and South Carolina at large. The Avery Research Center provides access to digital and physical archival collections, offers guided tours, hosts workshops, presents lectures and performances, and features physical and digital museum exhibitions. The Avery Research Center Archives currently hold over six thousand primary- and secondary-source materials that document the history, traditions, legacies, and influences of African Americans.

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Denmark Vesey House
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Commonly known as the Denmark Vesey House, the house located at 56 Bull Street in Charleston, South Carolina was for a long time thought to be the house once inhabited by black abolitionist Denmark Vesey. Vesey's home, listed as 20 Bull Street under the city's former numbering system, is now evidently gone. A nearby home, most likely built in the 1820 and currently numbered 56 Bull Street, was thought in the 1970s to have been the home of Denmark Vesey, and it was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1976 by the Department of Interior.(id=b1dA1_XQXogC&pg=PA83&lpg=PA83&dq=He+Shall+Go+Out+For+Free+Denmark+Vesey+56+Bull&source=web&ots=B9jS1vh4br&sig=E4CbozxNK81XiLPdXYwadjZCO2w&hl=en Douglas R. Egerton, He Shall Go Out Free: The Lives of Denmark Vesey], 2004, footnote 18, p. 83 Vesey was hanged on July 2, 1822 and his body was never found. id=b1dA1_XQXogC&pg=PA83&lpg=PA83&dq=He+Shall+Go+Out+For+Free+Denmark+Vesey+56+Bull&source=web&ots=B9jS1vh4br&sig=E4CbozxNK81XiLPdXYwadjZCO2w&hl=en Egerton (2004), He Shall Go Out Free, footnote 18, p. 83] Despite these findings, the house has continued to be listed as a National Historic Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places.The house described as the Vesey house is a single story wood-frame structure, oriented sideways to the street. The narrow street facade has two windows, while the longer west side has a porch extending across the front portion, with a wider addition to the back. Two doors enter the house from the porch. The interior of the front portion has three rooms, one beside the other, and the rear addition has four more.