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South Carolina People
Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.
Born in Greenville, SC, Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. was a U.S. Congressman and Governor of South Carolina from 1987-1995.
Jonathan Hickman
Jonathan Hickman is a comic book writer and artist. He is known for creating the Image Comic Series, The Nightly News, The Manhattan Projects, and East of West.
William Moultrie
William Moultrie was a general in the Revolutionary War who had Fort Moultrie built out of Palmetto logs on Sullivan’s Island, in the Charleston Harbor.
Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison is a writer from Greenville, SC. She is known for her book "Bastard Out of Carolina."
South Carolina Counties
York County
York County and its county seat, the city of York, were named for York County, Pennsylvania.
Lancaster County
Lancaster County and its county seat of Lancaster were named for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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.
South Carolina Facts
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
delta
(noun) - a landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water
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