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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“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…
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“P” is for Poinsett, Joel Roberts (1779-1851)
“P” is for Poinsett, Joel Roberts (1779-1851). Congressman, diplomat. U. S. secretary of war.
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“P” is for Poetry Society of South Carolina
“P” is for Poetry Society of South Carolina. Those involved with the Poetry Society’s creation in 1920 espoused the idea of a local organization, with its aim…
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“P” is for Poellnitz, Baron Frederick Carl Hans Bruno (1734-1801)
“P” is for Poellnitz, Baron Frederick Carl Hans Bruno (1734-1801).
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“M” is for Montgomery, John Henry (1833-1902)
“M” is for Montgomery, John Henry (1833-1902). Manufacturer, merchant.
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“M” is for Montagu, Lord Charles Greville (1741-1784)
“M” is for Montagu, Lord Charles Greville (1741-1784). Governor.
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“M” is for Moncks Corner
“M” is for Moncks Corner (Berkeley County; 2020 population 12,497).
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“L” is for Lowndes, William Jones (1782-1822)
“L” is for Lowndes, William Jones (1782-1822). Congressman. In his final important public work, William Jones Lowndes with Henry Clay led the successful effort…
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“S” is for St. Mark’s Parish
“S” is for St. Mark’s Parish. South Carolina’s first backcountry parish and by far its largest in land area, St. Mark’s was established in 1757.
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“R” is for Ravenel, Harriott Horry Rutledge (1832-1912)
“R” is for Ravenel, Harriott Horry Rutledge (1832-1912). Novelist, biographer, historian.
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"P” is for Parish, Margaret Cecile (1927-1988)
“P” is for Parish, Margaret Cecile (1927-1988). Author.
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“O” is for Opera houses
“O” is for Opera houses. In the period between 1880 and 1920, opera houses flourished in communities across South Carolina.
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“N” is for New Era Club
“N” is for New Era Club. Founded in Spartanburg in 1912, the New Era Club began disguised as a study group.
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“S” is for St. Luke’s Parish
“S” is for St. Luke’s Parish. In 1767, the Commons House created St. Luke’s Parish by taking territory from St. Helena’s Parish.
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“R” is for Ravenel, Edmund (1797-1871)
“R” is for Ravenel, Edmund (1797-1871). Physician, naturalist.
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“O” is for O’Neall, John Belton (1793-1863)
“O” is for O’Neall, John Belton (1793-1863). Jurist, author, social reformer, entrepreneur.
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“N” is for New Ellenton
“N” is for New Ellenton (Aiken County; 2020 population 2,189).
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“S” is for Seneca
“S” is for Seneca (Oconee County; 2020 population 8,850).
- South Carolina from A to Z
“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.