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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“C” is for Cowpens, Battle of (January 17, 1781). The Battle of Cowpens was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. -
“C” is for Council of Safety. In June 1775, prompted by rumors of British sponsored slave and Indian attacks and news of the hostilities between British and patriot forces at Lexington and Concord, the Provincial Congress of South Carolina created a powerful thirteen-member committee to act as the supreme executive power in the province...
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“C” is for Corrington, Julian Dana (1887-1979). Biologist, educator.
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“C” is for Cornbread. Cornbread has been the most common daily bread in South Carolina since its founding.
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“C” is for Corcoran, James Andrew (1820-1899) Theologian, educator, editor.
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“D” is for Duke’s mayonnaise. Eugenia Duke mixed her first batch of mayonnaise in her Greenville home sometime in the early twentieth century.
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“C” is for Clark, Septima Poinsette (1898-1987). Educator, civil rights activist.
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“C” is for Clarendon County (607 square miles; 2020 population 33,415).
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“C” is for Claflin University. Responding to the urgent need to educate former enslaved persons, northern Methodists established Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina in 1869.
