| Let those who love Your name be joyful in you. PS 5:11 |
| Margaret Weston |
Margaret is a native of Georgetown. She currently
resides in Mt Pleasant and can be seen daily at
Hopsewee Plantation, birth place of Thomas Lynch,
signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Sweetgrass basket making was brought to the
South Carolina Lowcountry by slaves who came
from West Africa and has been a traditional art form
passed on from generation to generation from
mother to daughter to granddaughter. During the
days of slavery, rice cultivation and the flourishing
plantations off the Old South, these baskets were in
great demand for agricultural purposes.
The expansion of housing to the edges of marshes
has eliminating the sweetgrass fields and driving up
the cost of materials. This has made the
Sweetgrass basket not only a wonderful reminder of
the past, but a good investment as well.
resides in Mt Pleasant and can be seen daily at
Hopsewee Plantation, birth place of Thomas Lynch,
signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Sweetgrass basket making was brought to the
South Carolina Lowcountry by slaves who came
from West Africa and has been a traditional art form
passed on from generation to generation from
mother to daughter to granddaughter. During the
days of slavery, rice cultivation and the flourishing
plantations off the Old South, these baskets were in
great demand for agricultural purposes.
The expansion of housing to the edges of marshes
has eliminating the sweetgrass fields and driving up
the cost of materials. This has made the
Sweetgrass basket not only a wonderful reminder of
the past, but a good investment as well.
