Colonial Life

1607- 1733. South Carolina was one of the 13 English Colonies. In this section, learn about significant people and life during the colonial era.

John Wesley | History of SC Slide Collection

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John Wesley | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 139

John Wesley (1703-1791), the founder of the Methodist Church, was in South Carolina only briefly, but the denomination he founded has had a profound effect on the province and state. From a small...

Oconee Station State Historic Site | Destination: SC Parks

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Oconee Station State Historic Site | Destination: SC Parks

Oconee Station State Historic Site has the oldest building in Oconee County. The stone structure was built in 1792 by the South Carolina State Militia. It was the centerpiece of a small military...

Aiken State Park | Destination: SC Parks Charlestowne Landing State Historic Site | Destination: SC Parks

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Charlestowne Landing State Historic Site | Destination: SC Parks

The host joins Park Manager Ron Fischer at Charlestowne Landing State Historic Site aboard the "Adventure." The "Adventure" is a reproduction of a 17th-century sailing vessel and was built for the...

Aiken State Park | Destination: SC Parks Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site | Destination: SC Parks

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Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site | Destination: SC Parks

Learn early South Carolina history at Colonial Dorchester State Historic Park. The site dates back to 1697 and was occupied by settlers until the 1780s. Colonial Dorchester has one of the best...

Henriette Charlotte Chastaigner | History of SC Slide Collection

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Henriette Charlotte Chastaigner | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 38

Henriette Charlotte Chastaigner (1700-1754) was the daughter of one of the Huguenot families of Charleston. She married Nathaniel Broughton of Mulberry, a plantation on the Cooper River in Berkeley...

Landrum Blockhouse | History of SC Slide Collection

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Landrum Blockhouse | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 20

Landrum Blockhouse on the South Carolina and North Carolina line, near Tryon, North Carolina. This was one of a series of blockhouses built for protection against the Native Americans. A WPA photo...

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Savannah River Area Map | History of SC Slide Collection

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"Carte Particuliere de la Caroline dresse sur les memoires le plus nouveaux, Amsterdam, chez Pierre Mortier," ca. 1696. This map of the Savannah River area shows the French perception of the region...

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Mulberry House and Street

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"Mulberry House and Street," painted by Thomas Coram around 1800, shows a typical mid-18th century South Carolina plantation. The "great House," while elegant, was not necessarily the enormous...

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Major Stede Bonnet | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Pirate Stede Bonnet is one of the more colorful characters in South Carolina history. In the early 18th century there was sometimes very little difference between legal piracy--the licensing of...

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Lemmon Hill Plantation, Part 1

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Project Discovery visits a restored plantation from the 1790s, built in Winnsboro, in Fairfield County.

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