Grade(s): 6, 7, 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2020
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Like most Native Americans in South Carolina, the Santee have a history of trading with early colonists from Europe. In 1701, English explorer John Lawson described his meeting with the "King" of the...
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Three students take a field trip in "The Palmetto Special" as it travels from Columbia to Georgetown. After a brief stop at Poinsett State Park in Sumter County, the van arrives in Georgetown where...
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Paul then leaves to check on some trucks at one of his plantations. There he visits two slaves, Tricia and John Judah, who describe for him the functional operation of the Trunk System. This was...
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Find out how slaves were transported from West Africa to South Carolina. Also, discover the culture and language influences as Karl McAlister, Francis Marion University Librarian, takes us on a tour...
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Learn the history of Georgetown, South Carolina as well as the booming rice culture supported by slavery.
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The history and culture of African Americans in Georgetown, South Carolina
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Circle of Inheritance looks at the burgeoning trade industry in early South Carolina.
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Circle of Inheritance takes a look at the proprietors of the early colonies.