At the Feet of the Elders: A Journey into a Lowcountry Family History

Join Janice Gilyard and Cherekana Feliciano for a conversation with Darius Brown, Author of At the Feet of the Elders: A Journey into a Lowcountry Family History.

Darius M. Brown is a Research Assistant (Genealogist) at the International African American Museum in Charleston, SC. He has more than 6 years’ experience in genealogy with an emphasis on researching enslaved African Americans in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. He has researched several lines of his family into the colonial period and has reconstructed the enslaved population at several plantations including Old Fort, Otaheite, Blue Mud, and the Blake Plantations, which were located in Beaufort, Charleston, and Colleton Counties, South Carolina.

Mr. Brown has conducted genealogical research on the enslaved families in Dr. Edda Fields-Black’s forthcoming book Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War (Oxford Press). He is also featured on a drive and tour app called Free & Equal, available on Apple and Google Play store. Mr. Brown is currently finishing his Bachelors degree in Organizational Management at the College of Charleston.

At the Feet of the Elders: A Journey into a Lowcountry Family History: Brown, Darius M.: 9798862414622: Amazon.com: Books