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D. Portraits of Noted Carolinians | History of SC Slide Collection

Portraits of noted Carolinians are listed alphabetically. 

This image courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

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Governor Coleman L. Blease | History of SC Slide Collection

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Governor Coleman L. Blease | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 19
Born in 1868 near Newberry, Governor Coleman L. Blease (1868-1942) attended local schools and Georgetown University, from which he received a law degree in 1889. He practiced law in Newberry. Very...
Solomon Blatt | History of SC Slide Collection

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Solomon Blatt | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 18
Born in Blackville, in Barnwell County, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Solomon Blatt (1895-1986) rose to become one of the most powerful politicians in South Carolina. Educated at the...
Ibra Charles Blackwood | History of SC Slide Collection

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Ibra Charles Blackwood | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 17
Born in 1878 in Spartanburg County, Ibra Charles Blackwood (1878-1936) attended Furman University preparatory school and Wofford College. Later, he studied law in Spartanburg, and began a law practice...
Mary McLeod Bethune | History of SC Slide Collection

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Mary McLeod Bethune | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 16
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), the daughter of former slaves, was born in Maysville. Believing that the only way to advance in the world was to be able to read, Bethune eventually became a leading...
Bernard Mannes Baruch | History of SC Slide Collection

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Bernard Mannes Baruch | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 14
Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870-1965) served the United States as an economic planner during both World Wars, and was the author of the Baruch Plan, a post-World War II proposal for international control...
Robert Barnwell Gibbes | History of SC Slide Collection

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Robert Barnwell Gibbes | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 13
Robert Barnwell Gibbes (1761-1814) was a revolutionary officer and legislator. As an adolescent, he joined his brother John's militia unit, was severely wounded in 1777, served as a Lieutenant at the...
William Watts Ball | History of SC Slide Collection

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William Watts Ball | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 12
William Watts Ball (1868-1952) was the long-time editor of the Charleston "News and Courier." Born in Laurens County, he grew up during Reconstruction, and, according to legend, held Wade Hampton's...
John Bachman | History of SC Slide Collection

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John Bachman | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 11
A naturalist and Lutheran minister, John Bachman (1790-1874) was born in Rhenebeck, New York. He came to South Carolina in 1815 when he was appointed to St. John's Lutheran Church in Charleston, and...
John James Audubon | History of SC Slide Collection

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John James Audubon | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 10
John James Audubon (1785-1851), an American ornithologist, spent nearly four decades sketching, publishing, and promoting a monumental catalogue of the birds of America; his "The Birds of America,"...
Major Robert Anderson | History of SC Slide Collection

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Major Robert Anderson | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 9
Born near Louisville, Kentucky, Robert Anderson (1805-1871) graduated from West Point in 1825 and received an U.S. Army commission. When the secession of South Carolina became imminent, he was sent to...
Colonel William Alston | History of SC Slide Collection

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Colonel William Alston | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 6
Colonel William Alston (1756-1839) was a member of Francis Marion's Brigade during the American Revolution, and participated in the defense of Georgetown. He was a respected breeder of horses and a...
Washington Allston | History of SC Slide Collection

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Washington Allston | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 5
Born on a plantation on the Waccamaw River, near Georgetown, Washington Allston (1779-1843) attended a preparatory school in Newport, Rhode Island, where he first became interested in art. After...
Robert F.W. Allston | History of SC Slide Collection

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Robert F.W. Allston | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 4
Born in 1801 at Brookgreen Plantation, in All Saints Parish near Georgetown, Robert F.W. Allston (1801-1864) attended prep school and West Point Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1821. He...
Sarah Campbell Allan | History of SC Slide Collection

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Sarah Campbell Allan | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 3
Sarah Campbell Allan (1860-1933) was the first woman doctor in South Carolina. A pre-med course offered at the South Carolina College for Women in Columbia (later Chicora College - see Chicora College...
Wyatt Aiken | History of SC Slide Collection

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Wyatt Aiken | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 2
Wyatt Aiken (1863-1923) was the son of David Wyatt Aiken, a successful Abbeville farmer who led the South Carolina Patrons of Husbandry (the Grange), an organization which gave political power and a...
William Aiken | History of SC Slide Collection

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William Aiken | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 1
Born in Charleston in 1806, William Aiken (1806-1887) attended Hurlburt School and the South Carolina College. After receiving an inheritance from his father, he became a successful rice planter on...