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January, 1760: A Smallpox Epidemic Sweeps the Lowcountry

Smallpox, a highly contagious disease, was a constant threat to colonists in South Carolina. Most of the epidemics that ravaged …

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December, 1718: The Pirate Stede Bonnet is Hung in Charleston

December 10, 1718 Stede Bonnet was born in Barbados in 1688.  His father was a planter but both parents died shortly …

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November, 1730: William Moultrie is Born

November 23, 1730  On November 23, 1730, William Moultrie was born in Charleston.  His mother was Lucretia Cooper and his father, …

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October, 1685: Louis XIV Revokes the Edict of Nantes and French Huguenots Flee to South Carolina

October 18, 1685 In the 1560s, the number of Protestants who followed the Calvinist form of religion, or Huguenots, was increasing …

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