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South Carolina from A to Z
Historian and author Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z. South Carolina from A to Z is a production of South Carolina Public Radio in partnership with the University of South Carolina Press and SC Humanities.
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South Carolina from A to Z“S” is for slave trade
“S” is for Slave trade. The Atlantic slave trade was one of the most important demographic, social, and economic events of the modern era.
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“S” is for slave religion
“S” is for slave religion. Enslaved Africans arriving in South Carolina brought their traditional belief systems with them and until the early nineteenth…
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“S” is for slave patrols
“S” is for slave patrols. Slave patrols were a crucial mechanism of slave control in the colonial and antebellum periods of South Carolina history.
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“R” is for Russell, Donald Stewart (1906-1998)
“R” is for Russell, Donald Stewart (1906-1998). University president, governor, U.S. senator, jurist.
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“P” is for Pompion Hill Chapel (Berkeley County)
“P” is for Pompion Hill Chapel (Berkeley County). Built in 1763, Pompion Hill Chapel is among the finest remaining examples of the Anglican parish churches of…
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“P” is for Pomaria Nursery
“P” is for Pomaria Nursery. Established in Newberry District in 1840 by William Summer, Pomaria Nursery was one of the most influential and prestigious…
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“M” is for Moore, Samuel Preston (1813-1889)
“M” is for Moore, Samuel Preston (1813-1889). Surgeon general of the Confederacy.
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“M” is for Moore, James, Sr. (ca.1650-1706
“M” is for Moore, James, Sr. (ca.1650-1706. Governor.
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“M” is for Moore, James, Jr. (ca.1682-1774)
“M” is for Moore, James, Jr. (ca.1682-1774). Governor.
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“L “is for Ludvigson, Susan (b.1942)
“L “is for Ludvigson, Susan (b.1942). Poet.
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“H” is for Hume, Sophia Wigington (ca. 1702-1774)
“H” is for Hume, Sophia Wigington (ca. 1702-1774). Minister, writer.
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D” is for Durban, Pam Rosa (b. 1947)
“D” is for Durban, Pam Rosa (b. 1947). Author. A native of Aiken, Durban attended the University of North Carolina, Greensboro and the Writers’ Workshop at the…
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“D” is for Dorn, William Jennings Bryan (1906-2005)
“D” is for Dorn, William Jennings Bryan (1906-2005). Congressman.
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“G” is for Green, Jonathan (b. 1955)
“G” is for Green, Jonathan (b. 1955). Painter, printmaker.
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"G” is for Greeks
“G” is for Greeks. Greek immigrants began arriving in South Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century and they quickly found a niche as entrepreneurs…
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“B” is for Bishopville
“B” is for Bishopville (Lee County; 2020 population 2,994).
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“G” is for Gregorie, Anne King (1887 to 1960)
“G” is for Gregorie, Anne King (1887 to 1960). Historian, teacher, author, editor.
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“C” is for Clinton
“C” is for Clinton (Laurens County; 2020 population 8,091).
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“B” is for Boone, Thomas (ca. 1730-1812)
“B” is for Boone, Thomas (ca. 1730-1812). Governor.
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“B” is for Bonnet, Stede (1688-1718)
“B” is for Bonnet, Stede (1688-1718). Pirate.
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“W” is for Women's clubs
“W” is for Women's clubs. The South Carolina women's club movement was a powerful force for social change.
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“W” is for Wofford, Kate Vixon (1894-1954)
“W” is for Wofford, Kate Vixon (1894-1954). Educator. The author of two books, Kate Vixon Wofford was nationally renowned for her expertise in rural education.
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“S” is for Slave codes
“S” is for Slave codes. South Carolina’s earliest formal code of law regarding enslaved persons (1690) borrowed heavily from statutes governing slavery on…
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“S” is for Slave Badges
“S” is for Slave Badges. Slave badges served as the physical proof required to demonstrate the legal status of enslaved persons hired out by their masters.
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“S” is for 6-0-1 Law
“S” is for 6-0-1 Law (1924). The 6-0-1 Law, passed in March 1924, guaranteed at least a seven-month school term for all White children.
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“S” is for Seneca
“S” is for Seneca (Oconee County; 2020 population 8,850).
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“R” is for Rock Hill Movement
“R” is for Rock Hill Movement. Following the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery and the 1960 lunch-counter sit-ins in Greensboro, African Americans in Rock Hill…
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“P” is for Pinckney, Eliza Lucas (ca. 1722-1793)
“P” is for Pinckney, Eliza Lucas (ca. 1722-1793). Planter, matriarch.
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“P” is for Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746-1825)
“P” is for Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746-1825). Soldier, statesman, diplomat.
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“M” is for Mennonites
“M” is for Mennonites. The Mennonites of South Carolina are a Protestant group descended from the Anabaptists of the Reformation.
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“S” is for Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy
“S” is for Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy. In 1829 the Catholic Bishop John England founded Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy in Charleston.
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“R” is for Rugeley, Rowland (1738-1776)
“R” is for Rugeley, Rowland (1738-1776). Author. One of South Carolina's earliest writers, Rugeley was born in England.
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“R” is for Rubin, Lewis Decimus, Jr. (1923-2013)
“R” is for Rubin, Lewis Decimus, Jr. (1923-2013). Teacher, author, editor, publisher.
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“P” is for Pollock, William Pegues (1870-1922)
“P” is for Pollock, William Pegues (1870-1922). U. S. Senator.
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“P” is for the Pollitzer sisters
“P” is for the Pollitzer sisters. Educators, suffragists, reformers. Carrie, Mabel, and Anita Pollitzer were all born in Charleston.
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“M” is for Molloy, Robert (1906-1977)
“M” is for Molloy, Robert (1906-1977). Novelist, editor, critic.
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“M” is for Moore, Darla Dee
“M” is for Moore, Darla Dee. Business woman, philanthropist.
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“M” is for Moore, Andrew Charles (1866-1928)
“M” is for Moore, Andrew Charles (1866-1928). Biologist, educator.
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“L” is for Lucas, Jonathan (ca.1754-1821)
“L” is for Lucas, Jonathan (ca.1754-1821). Millwright. Born in England, Lucas immigrated to South Carolina around 1786, which proved a fortuitous time and…
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“L” is for Loyalists
“L” is for Loyalists. Perhaps twenty-five percent of White South Carolinians either actively opposed the movement for independence or supported British…
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“H” is for Huguenots
“H” is for Huguenots. Huguenots are French Calvinists.
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“H” is for Huguenot Church (Charleston)
“H” is for Huguenot Church (Charleston). Located at 140 Church Street, the French Protestant Huguenot church was the first Gothic Revival ecclesiastical…
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“G” is for Gregg, William (1800-1867)
“G” is for Gregg, William (1800-1867). Manufacturer, industrial promoter.
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“G” is for Greer, Bernard Eugene (b. 194
“G” is for Greer, Bernard Eugene (b. 1948). Writer.
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D” is for Dunovant, John (1825-1864)
“D” is for Dunovant, John (1825-1864). Soldier.
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“C” is for Chapman, Martha Marshall, II (b. 1949)
“C” is for Chapman, Martha Marshall, II (b. 1949). Musician. Classified by many as a country-music artist, Martha Marshall Chapman,II, and her style…
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“C” is for Cleveland, Georgia Alden (1851-1914)
“C” is for Cleveland, Georgia Alden (1851-1914). Writer, activist.
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“B” is for Bolden, Charles Frank, Jr. (1946-2017)
“B” is for Bolden, Charles Frank, Jr. (1946-2017). Soldier, astronaut.
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“B” is for Boineau, Charles Evans, Jr. (1923-2005)
“B” is for Boineau, Charles Evans, Jr. (1923-2005). Legislator. Boineau was the first Republican to be elected to the South Carolina General Assembly in the…
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“B” is for Bonham, Milledge Luke (1813-1890)
“B” is for Bonham, Milledge Luke (1813-1890). Soldier, congressman, governor.
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“W” is for Wofford College
“W” is for Wofford College. A four year liberal arts college in Spartanburg, Wofford College was founded with a $100,000 bequest from Methodist minister and…
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“W” is for WIS Radio and Television
“W” is for WIS Radio and Television. WIS Radio and Television stations in Colombia played an influential role in the development of South Carolina's media as a…
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“W” is for Winthrop University
“W” is for Winthrop University. Located in Rock Hill, Winthrop University traces its roots to1886 when Winthrop Training School, a teacher-training school for…
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“S” is for Sirrine, Joseph Emory (1872-1947)
“S” is for Sirrine, Joseph Emory (1872-1947). Architect, engineer.
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“S” is for Sinclair, Bennie Lee (1939-2000)
“S” is for Sinclair, Bennie Lee (1939-2000). Novelist, poet.
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“R” is for Royal Council
“R” is for Royal Council. The Royal Council was a twelve-man governing board created in 1720 to serve as an advisor to the governor, as a court of appeals, and…
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“R” is for Rosenwald Schools
“R” is for Rosenwald Schools. In the early twentieth century, schooling for southern Blacks was neither well planned nor well supported. Julius Rosenwald, a…
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“P” is for Poinsett Bridge
“P” is for Poinsett Bridge. Named for Joel Roberts Poinsett, president of the Board of Public Works (1819-1821), the Poinsett Bridge (with a span of 130 feet…