S.C. History

South Carolina's historical events, people and places. Content has been curated to meet South Carolina Social Studies Standards.

The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 17

This engraving, done in the 1850s, identifies Reverend E.E. Pressly as Pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Due West, Abbeville County. The Associate Reformed denomination of...

The staff of the "Baptist Courier" | History of SC Slide Collection

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The staff of the "Baptist Courier" | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 16

The staff of the "Baptist Courier" in front of their office in the 1930s. Courtesy of Furman University.

El Bethel Methodist Church in Spartanburg | History of SC Slide Collection

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El Bethel Methodist Church in Spartanburg | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 15

Postcard view of the El Bethel Methodist Church in Spartanburg - "The One Day Church" - built in one day on May 1, 1912. These photos show the progress of construction in the morning and afternoon...

High Hills Baptist Church in Stateburg | History of SC Slide Collection

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High Hills Baptist Church in Stateburg | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 14

High Hills Baptist Church in Stateburg, in Sumter County, is the second oldest Baptist congregation in the state. Organized in 1770, its first pastor was Richard Furman, one of the founders of the...

State Presiding Elders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church | History of SC Slide Collection

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State Presiding Elders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 13

Bishop Reverdy Ransom (seated), Mrs. Ransom, and the State Presiding Elders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1932. Morris Brown, a free African-American, formed Charleston's Emmanuel...

Circular Congregational Church | History of SC Slide Collection

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Circular Congregational Church | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 12

This photograph of the Circular Congregational Church was taken in the 1930s. The congregation was founded as the first Dissenter church in the colony of South Carolina in the 1680s or 1690s, and...

Island Church on John Joyner Smith's Plantation | History of SC Slide Collection

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Island Church on John Joyner Smith's Plantation | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 11

An island church on John Joyner Smith's plantation on Port Royal, photographed around 1865 and destroyed before the turn of the century, probably served as a place of worship for slaves. Buildings...

Baptismal Celebration | History of SC Slide Collection

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Baptismal Celebration | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 10

Both white and African-American Baptists practice adult baptism by immersion as an important sacrament. This baptismal celebration of an African-American Baptist church in Darlington County took place...

The Pilgrim Holiness Church in Winnsboro Mills | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Pilgrim Holiness Church in Winnsboro Mills | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 9

Mill owners encouraged the building of churches (and thus habits of sobriety and industry among their workers) by donating lands within the mill village on which churches could be constructed. The...

A Gospel Tent In Cheraw | History of SC Slide Collection

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A Gospel Tent In Cheraw | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 8

A gospel tent is set up on the town green in Cheraw around the turn of the century. Courtesy of the Cheraw Visitors Bureau.

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