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Robert Barnwell Rhett | History of SC Slide Collection

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Robert Barnwell Rhett | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 122
Robert Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876) was born Robert Barnwell Smith in Beaufort, and changed his name legally by act of the South Carolina legislature in 1838. Elected to the state House of...
Alonzo J. Ransier | History of SC Slide Collection

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Alonzo J. Ransier | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 121
Alonzo J. Ransier (1834-1882), born a free African-American in Charleston, was one of two African-American men in South Carolina to achieve the position of lieutenant governor. He held this office...
Dr. David Ramsey | History of SC Slide Collection

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Dr. David Ramsey | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 120
Dr. David Ramsey (1749-1815) was a physician and historian. Born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Ramsey attended local schools, the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), and the College of...
James Reid Pringle | History of SC Slide Collection

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James Reid Pringle | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 119
James Reid Pringle (1782-1840) was President of the South Carolina Senate from 1814-1818, and Collector of the Port of Charleston. During the Nullification Controversy, he was a Unionist. This...
Joel Robert Poinsett | History of SC Slide Collection

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Joel Robert Poinsett | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 118
Joel Robert Poinsett (1779-1851) was the first American Minister to Mexico, serving from 1825-1830. As a result of that assignment, he introduced into the United States the poinsettia, a flower named...
Thomas Pinckney | History of SC Slide Collection

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Thomas Pinckney | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 116
Born in Charleston, the third surviving child of Eliza Lucas and Charles Pinckney, the younger brother of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (see Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, In His 6th Year, and Charles...
Charles Pinckney | History of SC Slide Collection

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Charles Pinckney | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 114
Born in Charleston, Charles Pinckney (1757-1824) studied law under his father, Colonel Charles Pinckney, and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced law. During the Revolutionary War, he was...
Francis W. Pickens | History of SC Slide Collection

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Francis W. Pickens | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 112
Born on his family's plantation on the Tuggaloo River in St. Paul's Parish, Francis W. Pickens (1805-1869) attended Franklin College (now University of Georgia) at Athens, Georgia, and South Carolina...