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William Wragg | History of SC Slide Collection

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William Wragg | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 141
William Wragg (1714-1777) was a prominent loyalist during the American Revolution. Born in South Carolina, educated in the law in England, he returned to his native land in 1734, and rapidly rose to...
William May Wightman | History of SC Slide Collection

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William May Wightman | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 140
William May Wightman (1808-1882) was chosen as the Bishop of the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church in 1866, after a distinguished career as an educator and Methodist minister. Educated at the...
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...
Charles Hard Townes | History of SC Slide Collection

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Charles Hard Townes | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 138
Charles Hard Townes (1915-2015 ) is South Carolina's only Nobel Prize winner, an honor he was awarded for his development of the laser. This photograph shows him accepting that award in Stockholm...
Governor Benjamin R. Tillman | History of SC Slide Collection

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Governor Benjamin R. Tillman | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 137
Born near Trenton, in Edgefield County, Governor Benjamin R. Tillman (1847-1918) attended a local "field school" and Bethany Academy. During the 1890s, farmers began to organize a national movement to...
Waddy Thompson, Jr. | History of SC Slide Collection

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Waddy Thompson, Jr. | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 136
Waddy Thompson (1798-1868), Jr., served as a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the backcountry from 1835 to 1841. Born in Pickens, in Ninety-Six District, he graduated from South...
Thomas Taylor | History of SC Slide Collection

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Thomas Taylor | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 135
Thomas Taylor (1743-1833) owned the plantation at the top of a hill next to the confluence of the Broad and Saluda Rivers in Richland County that became the site of the city of Columbia in 1786 (see...
Banastre Tarleton | History of SC Slide Collection

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Banastre Tarleton | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 134
Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833), known to South Carolina revolutionary leaders as "Bloody Tarleton," first came to Charleston as an officer under General Clinton's command in the failed attack on Fort...
Thomas Sumter | History of SC Slide Collection

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Thomas Sumter | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 133
Thomas Sumter (1732-1832) was, at his death, the last surviving general of the Revolutionary Army. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, he fought in the French and Indian Wars as a Virginia militia man...