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November,1832: The Nullification Convention Meets in Columbia
Following the election of many states-rights advocates to South Carolina’s legislature, the state responded to Henry Clay’s tariff of 1832 …
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October, 1935: The opera Porgy and Bess opens in New York
George Gershwin’s adaptation of DuBose Heyward’s novella, Porgy, opened at the Alvin Theater in New York on October 10, 1935. …
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September, 1739: John Rutledge is born to 15-year-old Sarah Hext Rutledge
Most of us know John Rutledge as a founding father of South Carolina. He served in the First and Second …
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August, 1775: Thomas Jeremiah is Sent to the Gallows
On the eve of the American Revolution, a free black, Thomas Jeremiah, was brought to the gallows at the green …
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