Cherokee War (1759-1761)
(1759–1761). The Cherokee War was partly a local, southeastern phase of the French and Indian War (1754–1763) and partly the result of the Cherokees’ long-held resentments against abuses by English...
View ArticleCharleston Riot (1919)
This was the earliest major incident in a nationwide outbreak of racial violence that came to be known as the “Red Summer.” Race riots bloodied the streets of some two dozen American communities...
View ArticleCharleston Riot (1876)
As the crucial local, state, and national elections of 1876 approached, tensions between the races in South Carolina reached a boiling point. White Democrats sought to reclaim political power lost as a...
View ArticleCharleston, Siege of (1863-1865)
Though a continuous enemy presence off Charleston was maintained by the Federals from May 28, 1861, when the Union navy established its blockade, Charleston did not find itself under constant attack...
View ArticleCharleston, Siege of (April-May 1780)
The siege of Charleston marked the commencement of major British operations in the South during the Revolutionary War. Although they threatened Sullivan’s Island in 1776 and secured Georgia in 1779,...
View ArticleCharleston County
(919 sq. miles; 2020 pop. 417,981). About 1682, in the first blueprint for South Carolina as an English colony, there was no Charleston County. Charles Towne, as the first city of South Carolina was...
View ArticleCleveland, Georgia Alden
Diarist, activist. Georgia Cleveland was born in Laurensville, Georgia, on December 6, 1851, the daughter of Robert M. Cleveland and Fannie Leonard. She spent most of her early years in Bedford County,...
View ArticleCartoon Decrying the Hamburg Massacre
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View ArticleColumbia Music Festival Association
The Columbia Music Festival Association was founded in 1897 by mayor William Sloan and the city council as a performance consortium, with a purpose of promoting music and the arts in the capital city...
View ArticleChain Gangs and County Farms
Before establishing the state’s first state prison in 1866, South Carolina’s penal history included farms and chain gangs operated by the counties. The practice was common throughout the South and...
View ArticleCattle ranching
Cow pens, cattle drives, and open range herding–distinctive characteristics typically associated with the American West–were important features of the agricultural landscape during the colonial period...
View ArticleCherokee War (1776)
(1776). The Cherokee War of 1776 was an early episode in the Revolutionary War. In the summer of 1775 John Stuart, British superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern district, left his home in...
View ArticleCharleston Riot (1876)
As the crucial local, state, and national elections of 1876 approached, tensions between the races in South Carolina reached a boiling point. White Democrats sought to reclaim political power lost as a...
View ArticleCharleston, Siege of (1863-1865)
Though a continuous enemy presence off Charleston was maintained by the Federals from May 28, 1861, when the Union navy established its blockade, Charleston did not find itself under constant attack...
View ArticleCattle ranching
Cow pens, cattle drives, and open range herding–distinctive characteristics typically associated with the American West–were important features of the agricultural landscape during the colonial period...
View ArticleCherokee War (1776)
(1776). The Cherokee War of 1776 was an early episode in the Revolutionary War. In the summer of 1775 John Stuart, British superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern district, left his home in...
View ArticleCharleston Riot (1876)
As the crucial local, state, and national elections of 1876 approached, tensions between the races in South Carolina reached a boiling point. White Democrats sought to reclaim political power lost as a...
View ArticleCharleston, Siege of (1863-1865)
Though a continuous enemy presence off Charleston was maintained by the Federals from May 28, 1861, when the Union navy established its blockade, Charleston did not find itself under constant attack...
View ArticleCattle ranching
Cow pens, cattle drives, and open range herding–distinctive characteristics typically associated with the American West–were important features of the agricultural landscape during the colonial period...
View ArticleCherokee War (1776)
(1776). The Cherokee War of 1776 was an early episode in the Revolutionary War. In the summer of 1775 John Stuart, British superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern district, left his home in...
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