Historian Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z.

 
Pickens, William | South Carolina Public Radio Praise Houses | South Carolina Public Radio

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Praise Houses | South Carolina Public Radio
"P" is for Praise Houses. “Praise houses” (sometimes called “prayer houses”) functioned on antebellum South Carolina plantations as both the epitome of slave culture and symbols of resistance to...
Praise Houses | South Carolina Public Radio Pratt, Nathaniel Alpheus | South Carolina Public Radio

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Pratt, Nathaniel Alpheus | South Carolina Public Radio
"P" is for Pratt, Nathaniel Alpheus (1834-1906). Chemist, engineer, inventor. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Pratt, a native Georgian was named assistant chief of the Confederate States Nitre and...
 Pike, John Martin | South Carolina Public Radio

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Pike, John Martin | South Carolina Public Radio
“P” is for Pike, John Martin [1840-1932]. Clergyman, editor, publisher. A Canadian and ordained Methodist clergyman, Pike was invited to preach at Columbia’s Washington Street Methodist Church. He...
Pentecostals | South Carolina Public Radio Pinckney, Charles | South Carolina Public Radio

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Pinckney, Charles | South Carolina Public Radio
"P" is for Pinckney, Charles [1757-1784]. Planter, legislator, governor, statesman. In 1779, Pinckney began his public service as a member of the General Assembly. During the Revolution he...
Pentecostals | South Carolina Public Radio Pickens | South Carolina Public Radio

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Pickens | South Carolina Public Radio
"P" is for Pickens. [Pickens County, population 3,012, chartered 1868] Pickens County lies in the northwestern part of South Carolina. Both the county and its seat are named in honor of Revolutionary...
Praise Houses | South Carolina Public Radio Pinckney, Eliza Lucas | South Carolina Public Radio

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Pinckney, Eliza Lucas | South Carolina Public Radio
“P” is for Pinckney, Eliza Lucas [ca. 1722-1793]. Planter. Matriarch. Born in the West Indies, Eliza Lucas moved to South Carolina with her family in the 1730s. In 1739, her father returned to the...
Praise Houses | South Carolina Public Radio Pinckney, Henry Laurens | South Carolina Public Radio

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Pinckney, Henry Laurens | South Carolina Public Radio
“P” is for Pinckney, Henry Laurens [1794-1863]. Legislator, congressman, editor. In 1816, Pinckney was elected to the South Carolina House where he served until 1828—and again from 1830-1832. He was...
Pentecostals | South Carolina Public Radio Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge | South Carolina Public Radio

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Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge | South Carolina Public Radio
“P” is for Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge. Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge is in Beaufort County, between Skull Creek and Mackay Creek. The Refuge was established in 1975 and opened in 1985. It is...