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Settlement in South Carolina

1607-1775. Learn the role of the African Slave Trade to the colonial economy (1607-1775), which included growing rice and indigo. Also learn about South Carolina's presence as one of the 13 colonies and how the colonial government (1607-1775) operated.
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 Bull, William | South Carolina Public Radio

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Bull, William | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Bull, William (1683-1755). Planter, lieutenant governor. Bull had a long political career that began in the proprietary era and continued for thirty-five years after South Carolina became a...
 Beech Island | South Carolina Public Radio

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Beech Island | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Beech Island [Aiken County; population 4,834]. Named for the beech trees growing in the wetlands of the nearby Savannah River swamp—and possibly a dead river island—Beech Island began in...
 Berkeley County | South Carolina Public Radio

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Berkeley County | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Berkeley County [1,098 sq. miles; population 142,651]. Created on May 10, 1682, Berkeley was one of South Carolina's first three counties. It was named for two of the Lords Proprietors...
Charleston Ironwork | South Carolina Public Radio Colonial Agents | South Carolina Public Radio

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Colonial Agents | South Carolina Public Radio
"C" is for Colonial Agents. South Carolina, like Britain’s other American colonies, had no elected representatives in Parliament to argue for its interests. The problem for the colony then was how to...
Charleston Ironwork | South Carolina Public Radio Colleton County | South Carolina Public Radio

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Colleton County | South Carolina Public Radio
"C" is for Colleton County (1,056 square miles; 2010 population 38, 909). Colleton County was one of three original counties organized in Carolina in 1682. Lying south and west of Charleston between...
 Colleton, Sir John | South Carolina Public Radio

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Colleton, Sir John | South Carolina Public Radio
"C" is for Colleton, Sir John (1608-1666). Proprietor. Colleton was a soldier and courtier of King Charles I and spent more than, £40,000 of his own money to support the king during the English Civil...
 Colleton, James | South Carolina Public Radio

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Colleton, James | South Carolina Public Radio
"C" is for Colleton, James (d. 1706). Governor. Colleton was the son and brother of Carolina proprietors. He was named governor in 1686 with instructions to clamp down on illegal trade with pirates...
 Building The Home And Move To Clemson | Hanover House 2

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Building The Home And Move To Clemson | Hanover House
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This segment covers the St. Julien family settling near Charleston, and building their home and plantation. William Hiott, Director of Clemson University Historical Properties, talks about why the...
 African American Contributions | Hanover House 3

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African American Contributions | Hanover House
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William Hiott and Patrick McMillan discuss the contributions made by African Americans. When Paul de St. Julien died in 1741, he owned forty-five slaves. Most of the profit which came from St. Julien...
 The French Huguenot Exodus | Hanover House 1

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The French Huguenot Exodus | Hanover House
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The beginning is about the house’s original owner, Paul de St. Julien’s family, and their French Huguenot origins. They moved to Charleston, S.C. to escape religious and political persecution, when...