South Carolina from A to Z
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From Hilton Head to Caesars Head, and from the Lords Proprietors to Hootie and the Blowfish, historian 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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“B” is for Boonesborough Township. Boonesborough was one in the second wave of townships that South Carolina laid out during the mid-eighteenth century to defend her frontier from the Cherokee. -
“S” is for Stoneman's Raid (May 1865). This minor cavalry raid through the South Carolina upstate occurred in the weeks following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the flight of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and his cabinet from Richmond, Virginia.
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“S” is for Stewart, Thomas McCants (1853-1923). Lawyer, civil rights leader.
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“S” is for Stevenson, Ferdinan Backer (1928-2001). Lieutenant governor, civic leader, author.
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"S” is for Steele, Henry Maxwell (1922-2005). Writer, educator.
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“S” is for States’ Rights. The doctrine of states’ rights is a recurring theme of South Carolina political thought.
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“S” is for Stateberg. The name of this town, located in western Sumter County in the High Hills of Santee, reflects Stateberg's raison d'être.
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“S” is for state symbols. As sovereign political entities, all fifty states have adopted special symbols, a practice that came into vogue at the turn of the last century.
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“S” is for state seal. The great seal of South Carolina was first used on a document dated May 22, 1777.
