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US-17 through the Lowcountry: the Stono Rebellion of 1739, Gullah culture holding on across the sea islands, Harriet Tubman's Combahee River raid, and the burned shell of Sheldon Church. It ends at Mulberry Grove, where Eli Whitney's cotton gin changed everything for the worse.
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.