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South Carolina People
Burnet R. Maybank
Burnet Rhett Maybank was a three-term US senator, the 99th governor of South Carolina, and mayor of Charleston.
Caroline Gilman
Carolina Gilman was a writer and founder of The Rose Bud, one of the first juvenile weekly magazines published in the United States.
Ambrose E. Gonzales
Ambrose E. Gonzales and his brother, N.G. Gonzales founded The State newspaper in 1891.
South Carolina Counties
Abbeville County
Both the county and its county seat, the town of Abbeville, were named for the French town of the same name.
Beaufort County
Both Beaufort County and its county seat Beaufort were named for Henry Somerset, Duke of Beaufort (1684-1714), one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina.
Charleston County
Charleston County and the city of Charleston, its county seat, are the most historic locations in the state. English settlers arrived in the colony of Carolina in 1670 and established a town at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River.
Barnwell County
Barnwell County and its county seat of Barnwell were named for Revolutionary War leader John Barnwell (1748-1800).
South Carolina Facts
The State Sword of South Carolina
The State Sword of South Carolina is a symbol for the South Carolina Senate and is placed in a cradle on the Senate rostrum whenever the Senate is in session. The current Sword was presented to the Senate on February 20, 1951, as a gift to South Carolina by Lord Halifax, former British ambassador to the United States, after learning of the theft of the original sword.
South Carolina Glossary
sit-in
(noun) - a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move
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