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Slavery in South Carolina

Learn about the economics and hardships of slavery in South Carolina

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The Domestic Slave Trade | Walter Edgar's Journal

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The Domestic Slave Trade | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 3
Dr. Larry Watson discusses the reasons why, between 1787 and 1803, South Carolina forbade the importation of new slaves. This resulted in the rise of the domestic slave trade in the Southern U.S.
The Dogs Of War (Full Version)

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The Dogs Of War (Full Version)
Episode 6
Dr. Emory Thomas, the Regents Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Georgia, joins Dr. Edgar for a discussion of the Civil War in this 150th year anniversary of its beginning. Thomas has...
The Feuds | Walter Edgar's Journal - Episode 6 Mary Chesnut's Scrapbook | Walter Edgar's Journal

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Mary Chesnut's Scrapbook | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 2
Dr. Julia Stern discusses writing her book Mary Chesnut’s Civil War Epic, and recounts meeting the descendants of Mary Chesnut, along with seeing Chesnut’s personal photo album, containing photos of...
The Feuds | Walter Edgar's Journal - Episode 6 The Shift In Cultural Weather | Walter Edgar's Journal

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The Shift In Cultural Weather | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 3
Dr. Stern goes into the South’s reaction to the Witherspoon Murder, and how people in the South were cautious regarding the threat of slave rebellions. She then analyzes Mary Chesnut’s use of the...
The Boll Weevil | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Boll Weevil | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 3
Woodcut by Anna Heyward Taylor of a boll weevil. As early as 1728, a cotton weevil was reported in North Carolina, but the pest now known by the name of "boll weevil" did not become a major threat to...
The 13th Amendment | Walter Edgar's Journal - Episode 4 Impact of Emancipation | Walter Edgar's Journal

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Impact of Emancipation | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 2
This is an excerpt from the University of South Carolina public series, Conversations on the Civil War - 1863. Dr. Walter Edgar speaks to Dr. Thavolia Gylmph, Duke University, about the impact the...
Grayson, William John | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grayson, William John | South Carolina Public Radio
“G” is for Grayson, William John [1788-1863]. Politician, planter, poet. Grayson spent much of his youth on Parris Island, the inspiration for his later pastoral verse. He graduated at the top of his...
Slave Cabin | History of SC Slide Collection

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Slave Cabin | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 2
The board and batten siding on this slave cabin on the Arundel Plantation in Georgetown County was promoted as an efficient form of house construction from 1850 onward, and is widely seen in...