South Carolina - Late 19th Century

1865-1900. The late 19th century included recovery and many changes as a result of the American Civil War. African Americans experienced a number of ups and downs after the emancipation. The women's suffrage movement began to take shape. Agriculture systems changed drastically and many laborers began working in fast-growing industries like textile mills.

The Broom of Justice | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Broom of Justice | History of SC Slide Collection

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The broom of justice sweeps the Coleman Livingston Blease (see Governor Coleman L. Blease) administration out of office in this cartoon from the Columbia "Record" on September 9, 1914, titled "Good...

The Constitution of 1895 | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Constitution of 1895 | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Constitution of 1895. This is the present Constitution of the State of South Carolina, which defines state and local governmental power. However, over the last 94 years it has been so amended, or...

The Official Dispensary Liquor Label | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Official Dispensary Liquor Label | History of SC Slide Collection

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The official Dispensary liquor label. One of the most controversial political issues in a period when political controversy dominated state politics, was the State Dispensary, a plan under which all...

Leaders of the Farmer's Movement in South Carolina | History of SC Slide Collection

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Leaders of the Farmer's Movement in South Carolina | History of SC Slide Collection

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George W. Shell, Benjamin R. Tillman, and John L.M. Irby pose for an 1890 photograph with the caption, "Leaders of the Farmer's Movement in South Carolina." The rise and rule of Tillmanism in South...

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Parris Island Naval Dry-Dock | History of SC Slide Collection

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In the early 1880s, the federal government began to purchase land in the Port Royal area for a permanent naval base. Plans for such a base had long been the dream of Robert Smalls, the U.S...

Senator Ben Tillman's "Cow Cartoons" | History of SC Slide Collection

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Senator Ben Tillman's "Cow Cartoons" | History of SC Slide Collection

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Senator Ben Tillman's "cow cartoons." Elected to the United States Senate in 1894, Tillman went to Washington determined to give the business end of a pitchfork to what he considered federal waste of...

South Carolina State Legislature, 1874 | History of SC Slide Collection

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South Carolina State Legislature, 1874 | History of SC Slide Collection

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The South Carolina State Legislature in 1874 was known as the "Republican House," a majority of whom were African-American. Engraving from "Leslie's Illustrated Weekly," September 26, 1874. Courtesy...

Portrait of Daniel H. Chamberlain, 1864 | History of SC Slide Collection

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Portrait of Daniel H. Chamberlain, 1864 | History of SC Slide Collection

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Portrait of Daniel H. Chamberlain, 1864. The events surrounding his election to the governorship in 1876 are dramatic enough to make into a movie or a television series, and can scarcely be done...

63 Members of 1868 Reconstruction Legislature | History of SC Slide Collection

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63 Members of 1868 Reconstruction Legislature | History of SC Slide Collection

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This "composite photograph" brings together 63 members of the 1868 Reconstruction legislature of South Carolina. Of that body, 50 were African-American, 30 were white. Colonel James G. Gibbes of...

Wade Hampton III Monument | History of SC Slide Collection

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Wade Hampton III Monument | History of SC Slide Collection

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In the aftermath of the 1876 election, Wade Hampton III stood on the steps of the State House on November 28, 1876, urging his followers to avoid acts of violence. Hampton and the Democrats elected to...

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