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South Carolina People

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Angie Stone

Angie Stone is a singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. She rose to frame in the late 1970s as a member of the hip hop trio, The Sequence.

Henry Dargan McMaster

Henry McMaster is the 117th governor of South Carolina.

Amanda McNulty

Amanda McNulty is a Clemson University Extension Horticulture agent and the host of South Carolina ETV's Making It Grow!

Lindsey Graham

U. S. Congressman, lawyer, Major in the Air Force Reserve (Ret.)

South Carolina Counties

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York County

York County and its county seat, the city of York, were named for York County, Pennsylvania.

The origin of Fairfield's name is not known, but local legend attributes it to a remark by Lord Cornwallis about the "fair fields" of the area. The county was formed in 1785 as a part of the Camden District.

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Marlboro County

Marlboro County was named after John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722).

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Chester County

Chester County and its county seat, the city of Chester, were named for Chester County, Pennsylvania.

South Carolina Facts

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South Carolina State Music

The Spiritual was designated as the official State Music by Act Number 64 of 1999. A spiritual is a type of religious folksong that is most closely associated with the struggles of slavery and the hope of freedom for the enslaved Africans in the American South.

South Carolina Glossary

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Regulator Movement

(noun) - an uprising in the North and South Carolina colonies before the Revolutionary War in which citizens took up arms against colonial officials.

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