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September, 1895: Frances Gibbes enrolls at the University of South Carolina
In 1893, the state legislature approved a bill requiring South Carolina College, now the University of South Carolina, to admit women. On …
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March, 1767: Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson Gives Birth to a Future President
Elizabeth Hutchinson was born in Ireland as was her husband, Andrew Jackson, Sr. They married around 1761 and emigrated to …
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February, 1870: First African American elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court
February 1, 1870 Jonathan Jasper Wright was born in Pennsylvania on February 11, 1840. The son of a runaway slave, he …
Continue ReadingJanuary, 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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