Sea Islands
(noun) - a chain of tidal and barrier islands on the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean coast. There are over 100 islands in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
Scots-Irish
(noun) - a person from Scotland living in Ireland, especially Scottish Protestants sent by the English crown to settle in Catholic Northern Ireland. Many immigrated to the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries.
scalawag
(noun) - a nickname for southern whites who supported Reconstruction following the Civil War
sawmill
(noun) - a building with machines used to cut lumber
sandlapper
(noun) - a nickname for South Carolinians, primarily from the sandy eastern part of the state.
Sandhills
(noun) - the hilly, central area of South Carolina that was a prehistoric beachfront and is marked by deposits of sand and sedimentary rock
salt marsh
(noun) - low-lying wetland that is frequently flooded with saltwater
Rosenwald schools
(noun) - an informal term for over 5,000 schools, shops, and teachers’ homes built primarily for the education of African-American children in the South in the early 20th century.
river system
(noun) - a main stream and all the feeder streams, called tributaries, that flow into it
rice
(noun) - starchy seeds or grain of annual marsh grass.
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