. >> another charleston native retired history professor wilmont frazier is trying to create a museum for the lives of slaves. >> there is a law we passed in the 1970s that says you have to teach african american history but it's not been done. >> christof putzel joins me now about charleston and the legacy of its role in slave history. what a lot of african americans refer to as their ellis island where they would come in and get processed and come into the city. you saw these horse drawn tours of charleston but then you can go out the slave charleston, can you go out to the plantations nearby and see how slaves live. it's interesting that mainstream charleston still manages to escape its slave history. >> absolutely. just as i said in the peace, it isn't a popular idea that this is something that attracts tourism. they basically were able to boost back the economy of charleston coming through tourism to go to the good old times, the cobblestone streets. >> there aren't that many antebellum cities. >> you can go in hoop skirts an enjoy yourself. nobody wands to be reminded that this