Colonial Economy

1607 - 1775. South Carolina was able to prosper during the colonial period by trade with the people of Barbados, rice and indigo planting and the practice of mercantilism.

PHOTO CREDIT: "Unloading Rice Barges, South Carolina, 1870s", Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora, accessed July 22, 2021, http://www.slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/item/1164

 

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PHOTO CREDIT: "Unloading Rice Barges, South Carolina, 1870s", Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora, accessed July 22, 2021, http://www.slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/item/1164

 

The Legend of Isaqueena | Palmetto Special

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The "Palmetto Special" leaves Columbia and travels to Spartanburg County. At the beginning of the program the Fall Line is defined, along with an introduction to the backcountry, the frontier of South...
Rice Fields at Hobcaw Barony | Between the Waters

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In 1956 Bernard Baruch signed over all of Hobcaw Barony to his daughter, Belle. Belle died in 1964, leaving Hobcaw "for the purpose of teaching and/or research in forestry, marine biology, and the...
Bill of Exchange | History of SC Slide Collection
Bill of Exchange | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 3

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The availability of "real" money, in the form of coins made of gold and silver, was a constant problem in all of the English colonies. Their need to purchase manufactured goods from Europe meant that...
Legend of Isaqueena | Palmetto Heritage

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The Legend of Isaqueena blends fact with fantasy. An Indian trade based out of Ninety Six in the early 1750's grew to become the largest business operating outside of Charleston. Alan assisted with...
Cherokee | Periscope
Cherokee | Periscope
Episode 1

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The first "interstate" in South Carolina was created by the Cherokee. It was known as "the Cherokee Path." In the 1700s, this route led traders from the coast of Charleston past the Columbia area and...
Middleton Place

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Clemson Extension Agent and Host of Making It Grow Amanda McNulty travels to Middleton Place near Charleston, SC and talks with their Artisan Cooper.