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Captain John Sevier | Kings Mountain

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Captain John Sevier | Kings Mountain
Episode 2
After the patriot's victory at the Battle of Camden, under the direction of Major Patrick Ferguson , British Provincials and Loyalist solders were sent to suppress Patriot activity in the mountains...
Colonel Isaac Shelby | Kings Mountain

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Colonel Isaac Shelby | Kings Mountain
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Col. Isaac Shelby was from “over the mountain” in what is now Tennessee. He along with Elijah Clarke, leader of the Wilkes County, Georgia Militia and James Williams, leader of the Little River...
Overmountain Men | Kings Mountain

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Overmountain Men | Kings Mountain
Episode 4
Overmountain men were American frontiersmen from west of the Appalachian Mountains (now Tennessee) who fought in the Revolutionary War. When Major Patrick Ferguson led his amy into South Carolina, he...
Map | British Troops Arrive in Charles Town

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Map | British Troops Arrive in Charles Town
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More than 6,000 British troops were shipped from New York to Charles Town. After a short siege, the city fell. Charles Town would supply the British army with provisions and become the base of...
Major Patrick Ferguson | Kings Mountain

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Major Patrick Ferguson | Kings Mountain
Episode 3
Major Patrick Ferguson was a Scottish officer who was trained loyalists in traditional British military techniques, especially the use of the bayonet. He earned the nickname “Bulldog” during his...
Mamie "Peanut" Johnson | Periscope

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Mamie "Peanut" Johnson | Periscope
Episode 5
Mamie "Peanut" Johnson challenged the traditional role of female athletes by entering the men's Negro Major League in 1953. She was the only female pitcher and only one of three women to play in the...
Jean Hoefer Toal | Periscope

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Jean Hoefer Toal | Periscope
Episode 4
Jean Hoefer Toal was elected the Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court on March 23, 2000. As Chief Justice, she presides over the highest court in South Carolina. Her court sets the rules...
Septima Clark | Periscope

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Septima Clark | Periscope
Episode 3
In 1916, Septima Clark was a young African American teacher looking forward to her first teaching assignment in South Carolina. There, she learned firsthand about the poverty and inequality in...
Mary Oliphant | Periscope

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Mary Oliphant | Periscope
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The textbooks used today in the study of South Carolina history are influenced by the work of Mary C. Simms Oliphant. Her book The South Carolina Reader taught South Carolinians their state's history...
Sarah Grimké | Periscope

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Sarah Grimké | Periscope
Episode 1
Abolitionist Sarah Grimké was born into a wealthy slaveholding Charleston family in 1792. After experiencing the injustices of slavery firsthand, she became a noted speaker for the antislavery...