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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.
Episodes
- South Carolina from A to Z
“P” is for Poinsett, Joel Roberts (1779-1851)
“P” is for Poinsett, Joel Roberts (1779-1851). Congressman, diplomat. U. S. secretary of war.
South Carolina from A to Z“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.
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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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“L” is for Lowndes, Rawlins (1721-1800)
“L” is for Lowndes, Rawlins (1721-1800). Jurist, governor.
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“L” is for lowcountry baskets
“L” is for lowcountry baskets. Far as long as people of African descent have lived in South Carolina, they have made baskets.
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“H” is for Huger, Isaac (1743-1797)
“H” is for Huger, Isaac (1743-1797). Soldier. Isaac Huger was General Nathanael Greene’s second in command of the Southern Department.
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“H” is for Huger, Daniel Elliott (1779-1854)
“H” is for Huger, Daniel Elliott (1779-1854). Jurist, U. S. Senator.
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“H” is for Huck, Christian (d. 1780)
“H” is for Huck, Christian (d. 1780). Soldier.
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“H” is for Howard, Frank James (1909-1996)
“H” is for Howard, Frank James (1909-1996). Football coach. Howard brought attention to the Clemson football program as much as with his colorful, entertaining…
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“G” is for Greer
“G” is for Greer (Greenville County; 2020 population 35,316).
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“G” is for Greenwood County
“G” is for Greenwood County (456 square miles; 2020 population 71,074).
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“G” is for Greenwood
“G” is for Greenwood (Greenwood County; 2020 population 23,356).
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“C “is for Clemson University
“C “is for Clemson University. In 1888 Thomas G. Clemson left his Fort Hill property and an endowment to the state in order to create a separate agricultural…
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“M” is for Malaria
“M” is for Malaria. Malaria was arguably the most significant disease in the history of South Carolina.
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“L” is for Lancaster County
“L” is for Lancaster County (549 square miles; 2020 population 100,926).
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“K” is for Kiawah Island
“K” is for Kiawah Island (Charleston County; 2020 population 1,626). Kiawah is a small barrier island situated south of Charleston between the mouths of the…
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“J” is for Jamestown
“J” is for Jamestown. Jamestown was the first Huguenot settlement on the Santee River in what became Berkeley County, across the river form the…
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“I” is for Iodine.
“I” is for Iodine. A deficiency of iodine causes an unsightly swelling of the neck and jaw known as goiter. In the late 1920s the South Carolina Natural…
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“D” is for Duke’s mayonnaise
“D” is for Duke’s mayonnaise. Eugenia Duke mixed her first batch of mayonnaise in her Greenville home sometime in the early twentieth century.
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“C” is for Clark, Septima Poinsette (1898-1987)
“C” is for Clark, Septima Poinsette (1898-1987). Educator, civil rights activist.
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“C” is for Clarendon County
“C” is for Clarendon County (607 square miles; 2020 population 33,415).
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“C” is for Claflin University
“C” is for Claflin University. Responding to the urgent need to educate former enslaved persons, northern Methodists established Claflin University in…
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“C” is for Clemson
“C” is for Clemson (Pickens County; 2020 population 17,780).
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“H” is for Horry County
“H” is for Horry County (1,134 square miles; 2020 population 365,449.
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“C” is for Civil Rights Act (1964)
“C” is for Civil Rights Act (1964). The Civil Rights Act of 1964 addressed all spheres of public life--social, political, and economic.
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“B” is for Board of Public Works
“B” is for Board of Public Works. The national trend toward improving waterways and other public facilities led South Carolina to create the Board of Public…
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“B” is for BMW
“B” is for BMW. BMW in Greer, SC, is the global producer for BMW X3, X4, X5, and X6 vehicles and coupes (and their variants) for more than 140 global markets.
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“B” is for Bluffton Movement (1844)
“B” is for Bluffton Movement (1844). On July 31, 1844, under a large oak (the Secession Oak) in Bluffton SC, the first organized political movement with the…
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“B” is for Bluffton
“B” is for Bluffton (Beaufort County; 2020 population 28,230).
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“B” is for Blues
“B” is for Blues. A powerful form of secular African American musical and cultural expression, blues developed in the South around the turn of the twentieth…
- South Carolina from A to Z
“W” is for Winnsboro
“W” is for Winnsboro (Fairfield County; 2020 population 3,130).
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"S” is for Simpsonville
"S” is for Simpsonville (Greenville County; 2020 population 25,272).
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“S” is for Simons and Lapham
“S” is for Simons and Lapham. The Charleston architectural firm of Simons and Lapham was formed in 1920 by Albert Simons (1890-1980) and Samuel Lapham (1892 to…
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“S” is for Simons, Katherine Drayton Mayrant (1890-1969)
“S” is for Simons, Katherine Drayton Mayrant (1890-1969). Poet, novelist, playwright, historian.
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“S” is for Simms, William Gilmore (1806-1870)
“S” is for Simms, William Gilmore (1806-1870). Poet, historian, novelist.
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“R “is for Rosemond, James R. (1820 to 1902)
“R “is for Rosemond, James R. (1820 to 1902). Clergyman. Recognized as one of The pioneers of the Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina, James R…
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“P’ is for Pocotaligo, Battle of (October 22, 1862)
“P’ is for Pocotaligo, Battle of (October 22, 1862).
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“P” is for plantations
“P” is for plantations. In the seventeenth century the term “plantation,” which formerly referred to any colonial outpost, evolved to refer specifically to…
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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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“C” is for Chattooga River
“C” is for Chattooga River. For most of its forty miles, the Chattooga forms the boundary between Georgia and South Carolina.
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“C” is for the Charleston Riot
“C” is for the Charleston Riot [1876]. As the crucial local, state, and national elections of 1876 approached, tensions between the races in South Carolina…