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South Carolina People
Sarah Moore Grimkè
Sarah Moore Grimkè was a prominent abolitionist and is widely held to be the mother of the Women's Suffrage Movement.
Anna DeCosta Banks
Charleston native, Anna DeCosta Banks, was the first head nurse at the Hospital and Training School for Nurses in Charleston, South Carolina.
Julius Waties Waring
Judge J. Waties Waring was the dissenting opinion in the Briggs v. Elliott court case; a white Southerner who advocated for justice and an end to segregation in the education system.
South Carolina Counties
Marlboro County
Marlboro County was named after John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722).
Greenville County
The origins of the name Greenville County are uncertain, but the county was probably named for Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene (1742-1786) or for an early resident, Isaac Green.
York County
York County and its county seat, the city of York, were named for York County, Pennsylvania.
South Carolina Facts
South Carolina Firsts
- In 1526, Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón founded San Miguel de Guadalupe, the first white European settlement near present-day Georgetown. The Spanish settlement was unsuccessful and failed within a few months.
- The Stono Rebellion was not the first slave revolt in South Carolina. The enslaved Africans that came with the Spanish colonizers revolted in November 1526.
South Carolina Glossary
hail
(noun) - chunks of ice that fall from the clouds during storms
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