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July, 1746: Thomas Heyward, Jr. is Born

Thomas Heyward, Jr. was an active leader in South Carolina during the American Revolution. Born at his father’s plantation in …

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June,1842: The Locomotive Robert Y. Hayne Travels from Charleston to Columbia

The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company (SCC&RR) was chartered in 1827 and began constructing a line from Charleston …

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May, 1777: Treaty of DeWitt’s Corner

  On May 20, 1777, delegates from the Lower Towns of the Cherokee Nation and officials from South Carolina and Georgia …

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April, 1775: The Rebellion of South Carolina

After Britain passed the Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, in 1774, dissatisfaction rose among the American colonists. …

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