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Pre-Civil War Tensions

1824-1860. During this time period, also known as the Antebellum period, the explosion of the cotton economy made the way for the expansion of slavery and the move towards westward expansion. Abolitionists like the Grimke sisters started to speak about slavery and many slaves tried to escape using established routes like the Underground Railroad. The tensions that arise between the South and North about class difference, land and slavery eventually lead to Civil War.
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Osceola | History of SC Slide Collection

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Osceola | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 107
Osceola ( -1838), the celebrated Seminole Chief, died in captivity at Fort Moultrie on January 30th, 1838. Osceola's death marked the end of a long and determined resistance by his people to the...
Jacob Bond L'On | History of SC Slide Collection

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Jacob Bond L'On | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 87
Jacob Bond L'On (1782-1859) graduated from Yale in 1803 and saw military service as an officer of artillery during the War of 1812. He was a member of the South Carolina Senate from 1816 until 1832...
Robert Y. Hayne | History of SC Slide Collection

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Robert Y. Hayne | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 72
Robert Y. Hayne (1791-1839) served as governor of South Carolina from 1832-1834. Hayne was born on his family's plantation, Pon Pon, in St. Paul's Parish. After studying law under Langdon Cheves...
Mrs. John Facheraud Grimké | History of SC Slide Collection

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Mrs. John Facheraud Grimké | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 69
Mrs. John Facheraud Grimké (Mary Moore Smith) (1764-1839) was portrayed by the miniaturist Pierre Henri in 1791. The daughter of a wealthy banker, she married the planter John Grimké in 1784, and bore...
Sarah Moore Grimké | History of SC Slide Collection

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Sarah Moore Grimké | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 68
Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873) and her sister Angeline Emily Grimké (1805-1879) were abolitionists and advocates of women's rights. Born into a wealthy and aristocratic family from Charleston, the...
Denmark Vesey's Plot | Palmetto Special

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Denmark Vesey's Plot | Palmetto Special
The program begins with Vesey discussing the condition of slavery with an acquaintance who is a slave Later, at a meeting, details of the plot are worked out with co-conspirators including Peter Poyas...
Mordecai Cohen | History of SC Slide Collection

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Mordecai Cohen | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 43
Mordecai Cohen (1763-1848) was born in Poland, but amassed extensive real estate holdings in Charleston after the Revolution. A planter and philanthropist, he served as Commissioner of the Poor House...
Preston S. Brooks | History of SC Slide Collection

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Preston S. Brooks | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 22
Born on his parents' plantation in Edgefield, Preston S. Brooks (1819-1857) was educated at the South Carolina College, from which he graduated in 1839. Prior to military service during the Mexican...
John Bachman | History of SC Slide Collection

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John Bachman | History of SC Slide Collection
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A naturalist and Lutheran minister, John Bachman (1790-1874) was born in Rhenebeck, New York. He came to South Carolina in 1815 when he was appointed to St. John's Lutheran Church in Charleston, and...
Institute Hall | History of SC Slide Collection

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Institute Hall | History of SC Slide Collection
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The National Democratic nominating convention in session at Institute Hall in Charleston on April 28, 1860. The convention was unable to bridge the differences between northern and southern wings of...