S.C. History

South Carolina's historical events, people and places. Content has been curated to meet South Carolina Social Studies Standards.
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The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists 4
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists
Episode 4

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 11

The South Carolina Woman Suffrage Association was founded in Columbia in 1870, with Charlotte Rollin as the Chair. A charter is created and sent to Lucy Stone, one of the founders of the American...
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists 3
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists
Episode 3

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 11

During this period, there were many people, including African Americans, who felt the issue of women’s suffrage was much less important than civil rights for Blacks. In the 1868 Constitutional...
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists 2
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 11

The Civil War brought an abrupt change to the Rollin Family, ending a period where, according to Frances Rollin, “free people of color were at the zenith of their prosperity”. The Rollin family’s...
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists 1
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 11

Frances Rollin was propelled into the national spotlight with the Pilot Boy steamship incident, in Charleston, South Carolina, where the captain refused her service due to the color of her skin...
Modjeska Monteith Simkins House - Photo Gallery
Modjeska Monteith Simkins House - Photo Gallery

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

This photo gallery of the Modjeska Monteith Simkins House contains the following shots: Portraits of Modjeska Monteith Simkins. Inside the exhibit “An Advocate of the People” inside the home. A wall...