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Discover how South Carolina helped shape the American Revolution. Explore the people, places, and pivotal moments that made the Palmetto State a turning point in the fight for independence.
South Carolina People
Mary Alice Monroe
Mary Alice Monroe is a best-selling author known for fiction that explores the compelling parallels between nature and human nature.
Mary Boykin Chesnut
Born near Statesburg, SC, Mary Boykin Chesnut was married to an aide to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and she kept a famous diary vividly describing events during the Civil War.
William H. Johnson
William H. Johnson was an African American painter from Florence who painted distinctive modernist imagery of African American life.
South Carolina Counties
Berkeley County
Berkeley County was named for two of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, Lord John Berkeley (d. 1678) and Sir William Berkeley (d. 1677).
Newberry County
The origin of the name Newberry is unknown. The county was formed in 1785 as a part of the Ninety Six District.
Chesterfield County
Chesterfield County was named for the English statesman Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773).
South Carolina Facts
South Carolina Glossary
short-staple cotton
(noun) - a cotton variety that has shorter fibers than long-staple cotton and became the signature crop across the American South after the invention of Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin in 1793.
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