Rebecca Motte Talk led by Margaret Pickett

Raised in privilege in Charleston, Rebecca Motte demonstrated unwavering commitment toward the American Revolution war efforts. She directed her plantation workforce to fortify the city’s defenses and later supported the Continental forces by supplying provisions from her plantation and townhouse.

Hear the story of this prominent woman’s adventures under the British siege of Charleston, including her escape upriver to join Patriot forces and her provision of the tools necessary to destroy the British headquarters in her occupied plantation home! By war’s end, she emerged as one of South Carolina’s wealthiest individuals.

Margaret (Peggy) Pickett is an independent researcher, author and living history presenter. In addition to developing and presenting history programs for schools, she has researched and created programs in which she portrays women of the past. Her current portrayals include Eliza Lucas Pinckney, Dorothy Sinkler Richardson and Rebecca Motte.

She is the co-author of The European Struggle to Settle North America 1521– 608 and the author of Eliza Lucas Pinckney Colonial Plantation Manager and Mother of American Patriots, 1722 – 1793. Her latest book, Rebecca Brewton Motte American Patriot and Successful Rice Planter, 1737–1815, was published in 2022.

Free admission. This event is a discussion, not an in-character performance.