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This section includes media of historical churches and religious institutions in South Carolina.

Baptismal Celebration | History of SC Slide Collection

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Baptismal Celebration | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 10
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...
Jewish Synagogue In Sumter | History of SC Slide Collection

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Jewish Synagogue In Sumter | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 5
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...
Indian Fields Campground | History of SC Slide Collection

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Indian Fields Campground | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 4
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...
Camp Welfare | History of SC Slide Collection

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