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Camp Welfare | History of SC Slide Collection
Camp Welfare | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 3

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Camp Welfare, near Winnsboro, photographed by Ernest Ferguson around 1950, was "the last surviving camp ground of Arbor and Tents" for African-Americans in South Carolina. Founded shortly after 1865...
Indian Fields Campground | History of SC Slide Collection
Indian Fields Campground | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 4

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Indian Fields Campground in Dorchester County was more than 100 years old when it was photographed here by Carl Metz in the late 1940s. The central "arbor" (see Camp Welfare) was surrounded by...
Jewish Synagogue In Sumter | History of SC Slide Collection
Jewish Synagogue In Sumter | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 5

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The steeple on the building in the right of this photograph, on Hampton Street in Sumter, is that of the Jewish synagogue, next door to the Rabbi's house. There were Spanish and Portuguese Jews in...
Baptismal Celebration | History of SC Slide Collection
Baptismal Celebration | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 10

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Both white and African-American Baptists practice adult baptism by immersion as an important sacrament. This baptismal celebration of an African-American Baptist church in Darlington County took place...
The Monument of DeKalb | History of SC Slide Collection
The Monument of DeKalb | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 18

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"The Monument of DeKalb who fell fighting bravely in defense of the rights of man on the plains of Camden, SC, August 16th, 1780. Erected in the town of Camden. Front of the Presbyterian Church: the...