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January 22

2019 Winter Lecture Series: “Judith Giton Manigault: A Woman of Substance”

In the second installment of the series, author Sheila Ingle will discuss seventeenth-century French Huguenot immigrant Judith Giton Manigault.

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Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Location: First Baptist Church
61 Church Street
Charleston, SC 29401

Cost: $20

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January 24

Forest Lake Club Speaker Series: “Sunset over Georgetown: The Story of a Madam”

In this talk, David G. Hodges will explore the enigmatic history of the infamous Sunset Lodge near Georgetown.

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Date: Thursday, January 24, 2019

Time: 6:00 PM

Location: Forest Lake Club
340 Country Club Drive
Columbia, SC 29206

Cost: $10

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January 29

2019 Winter Lecture Series: “Gathering up the Fragments: The Elusive Cheraw Indians in Colonial Times”

In the third installment of the series, Chris Judge, Director of the Native American Studies Center at USC Lancaster, will discuss Cheraw Indians in the colonial period.

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Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Location: First Baptist Church
61 Church Street
Charleston, SC 29401

Cost: $20

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February 5

2019 Winter Lecture Series: The Atlantic Slave Trade

In the fourth installment of the series, Donald West of Trident Technical College will discuss the Atlantic slave trade.

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Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Location: First Baptist Church
61 Church Street
Charleston, SC 29401

Cost: $20

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February 9

164th Annual Meeting

This family-friendly event at Charles Towne Landing will include a mimosa social and lunch, a keynote address by Dr. Nic Butler, and a special program for children.

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Date: Saturday, February 9, 2019

Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Location: Charles Towne Landing
1500 Old Towne Road
Charleston, SC 29407

Cost: $85 for members, $100 for non-members, $10 for children

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February 12

2019 Winter Lecture Series: “Lafayette and the Rights of Man”

In the fifth installment of the series, SCHS second vice president Bill Davies will discuss the Marquis de Lafayette’s life and connections to South Carolina.

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Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Location: First Baptist Church
61 Church Street
Charleston, SC 29401

Cost: $20

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February 19

2019 Winter Lecture Series: “Archaeology at the Heyward-Washington House: People and Materials of Colonial Charleston”

In the final installment of the series, Martha Zierden of the Charleston Museum will discuss what has been learned about the Heyward-Washington House, the city of Charleston, and the Carolina colony from ongoing analysis of the site's artifact assemblage.