Join us on Friday, June 2 for at 7 pm at Fields Point for an overnight experience to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Raid on Combahee Ferry. 

This event is limited to 35 people, and tickets ($15) must be reserved in advance by clicking here.

Guests will meet at Fields Point Boat Landing for a brief presentation about the Raid on Combahee Ferry and dinner. Through this immersive experience, guests will deepen their understanding of this historical event and the lives of both the people who managed to escape that fateful night, as well as those who were left behind. 

Fields Point Boat Landing is located on the Combahee River in Green Pond, SC. From Charleston, head South on Highway 17 and turn left onto State Road S-15-162/ Wiggins Road. Follow the road for quite some time, and turn right on Fields Point Lane. Drive all the way until you see the river. 

This event is hosted by the Slave Dwelling Project, Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park, and Professor Edda L. Fields-Black, with support from Lowcountry Land Trust. 

Guests should plan on bringing sleeping gear, water, bug spray, and a chair. Tents will be provided by Historic Mitchelville Park. 

On the evening of June 1, 1863 Harriet Tubman and Col. James Montgomery directed three steamships up the Combahee under the protection of Black soldiers of the 2nd South Carolina Infantry. With Confederate troops retreating from the area, enslaved people ran from the surrounding plantations toward the US ships as they sounded their steam whistles – notes that personified the sound of freedom. Thanks to the intelligence collected by Tubman, more than 750 men, women, and children were liberated in a single night during the Combahee River Raid.

Between June 1-4, 2023, Join a wide variety of community organizations and historians, including Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, The Slave Dwelling Project, the Black Moses Freedom Festival, the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, and historian Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black for a series of events and programs commemorating the 160th Anniversary of this event.