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South Carolina A to Z
South Carolina from A to Z
Mon-Fri, 05:30 a.m.
Hosted by Walter Edgar

Historian and author Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z.

South Carolina from A to Z is a production of South Carolina Public Radio in partnership with the University of South Carolina Press and SC Humanities.

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  • “S” is for Scots
    “S” is for Scots. The 1707 Treaty of Union allowed Scots free access to the British Empire and large numbers made their way to the southern colonies.
  • “R” is for Robertson, Benjamin Franklin (1903-1943)
    “R” is for Robertson, Benjamin Franklin (1903-1943). Journalist. In 1941, Benjamin Franklin Robertson began work on Red Hills and Cotton: An Upcountry Memory, a celebration of Scots Irish folkways and the agrarian lifestyle—the work for which he is best remembered.
  • “W” is for Westos
    “W” is for Westos. Carolina colonists learned of this powerful Native American Savannah River nation soon after arrival.
  • “T” is for Timothy, Lewis (d.1757)
    “T” is for Timothy, Lewis (d.1757). Newspaper publisher.
  • “S” is for Saluda
    “S” is for Saluda (Saluda County; 2020 population 3,603).
  • “C” is for Carolina bays
    “C” is for Carolina bays. Carolina bays are elliptical, shallow depressions found on unconsolidated sediments of the coastal plain region of eastern North America from Maryland to Florida.
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