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This is Brookgreen Gardens, Part 5 - Lowcountry Wildlife
   - Episode 5 This is Brookgreen Gardens, Part 7 7

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This is Brookgreen Gardens, Part 7
Episode 7
The Huntingtons wanted to really preserve the complexity of Brookgreen, what they saw here in the early 1930s, for their generation and for future generations. That continues to be the mission. They...
This is Brookgreen Gardens, Part 7 - Preservation Continues
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This is Brookgreen Gardens, Part 2
Episode 2
The former rice plantations of the Waccamaw Neck began selling at bargain prices. A group of sportsmen bought Springfield, Laurel Hill, Brookgreen and The Oaks to use as a hunting preserve. They...
This is Brookgreen Gardens, Part 5 - Lowcountry Wildlife
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This is Brookgreen Gardens, Part 1
Episode 1
Brookgreen's story begins more than 250 years ago when Europeans saw the potential for growing rice here and the backbreaking labor of enslaved Africans carved rice fields out of the swamps...
Richard I. Manning III | History of SC Slide Collection

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Richard I. Manning III | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 92
Richard I. Manning III (1859-1931) served as governor from 1915-1919. Born in 1859 at Homesley Plantation in Sumter County, Manning was educated at local schools and at the Kenmore Preparatory School...
Basil Manly, Sr. | History of SC Slide Collection

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Basil Manly, Sr. | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 91
Basil Manly, Sr. (1798-1868), was the author of the resolutions leading to cleavage of the Baptist Church in 1844 into northern and southern branches. He was influential in securing the establishment...
Gabriel Manigault | History of SC Slide Collection

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Gabriel Manigault | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 90
Gabriel Manigault (1758-1809), the grandson of Huguenot immigrants, was a member of one of the richest pre-Revolutionary families in South Carolina. A rice planter, he studied law in London, but...
Charles Izard Manigault | History of SC Slide Collection

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Charles Izard Manigault | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 89
Charles Izard Manigault (1789-1874) was born in Charleston, but grew up in Philadelphia, graduating from the University of Pennsylvania. Some planter and merchant families, like the Izards and...
Charles Lowndes | History of SC Slide Collection

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Charles Lowndes | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 88
Charles Lowndes (1719-1763), born on the British West Indian island of St. Kitts, came to Charleston in 1730. Like many other immigrants from the islands, he became a successful planter, settling in...
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...
Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site | Destination: SC Parks Andrew Jackson State Park | Destination: SC Parks

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Andrew Jackson State Park | Destination: SC Parks
Andrew Jackson State Park is located in Lancaster County. Andrew Jackson claimed he was born on a South Carolina plantation that is now the area for Andrew Jackson State Park. He was known as the...