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Updates on the events, exhibits, archives and staff of the South Carolina Historical Society.
February 1, 1870 Jonathan Jasper Wright was born in Pennsylvania on February 11, 1840. The son of a runaway slave, he …
Continue ReadingSmallpox, a highly contagious disease, was a constant threat to colonists in South Carolina. Most of the epidemics that ravaged …
Continue ReadingDecember 10, 1718 Stede Bonnet was born in Barbados in 1688. His father was a planter but both parents died shortly …
Continue ReadingNovember 23, 1730 On November 23, 1730, William Moultrie was born in Charleston. His mother was Lucretia Cooper and his father, …
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