South Carolina from A to Z
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From Hilton Head to Caesars Head, and from the Lords Proprietors to Hootie and the Blowfish, historian 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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“L” is for Lucas, Jonathan (ca.1754-1821). Millwright. Born in England, Lucas immigrated to South Carolina around 1786, which proved a fortuitous time and place for the arrival of a talented young millwright. -
“L” is for Loyalists. Perhaps twenty-five percent of White South Carolinians either actively opposed the movement for independence or supported British authority against the state government during the American Revolution.
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“H” is for Huguenot Church (Charleston). Located at 140 Church Street, the French Protestant Huguenot church was the first Gothic Revival ecclesiastical building erected in Charleston.
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“G” is for Gregg, William (1800-1867). Manufacturer, industrial promoter.
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“G” is for Greer, Bernard Eugene (b. 1948). Writer.
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“C” is for Chapman, Martha Marshall, II (b. 1949). Musician. Classified by many as a country-music artist, Martha Marshall Chapman,II, and her style nonetheless have been difficult to categorize.
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“C” is for Cleveland, Georgia Alden (1851-1914). Writer, activist.
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“B” is for Bolden, Charles Frank, Jr. (1946-2017). Soldier, astronaut.
