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Updates on the events, exhibits, archives and staff of the South Carolina Historical Society.

February

February 1960 - South Carolina Experiences its First “Sit-In” On February 12, 1960, several African American students from Friendship Junior College …

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January

On Jan. 23, 1777, William Henry Drayton addressed the Georgia Convention in Savannah proposing that South Carolina annex the state …

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December

On December 16, 1762, the South Carolina legislature resolved to do no further business with the governor until he recognized …

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November

On Nov, 27, 1839, Angelica Singleton of Sumter County married Abram Van Buren, the eldest son of President Martin Van …

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