South Carolina from A to Z
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South Carolina from A to Z
Historian and author Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z. South Carolina from A to Z is a production of South Carolina Public Radio in partnership with the University of South Carolina Press and SC Humanities.
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“S” is for Smith, Ellison Durant (1864-1944)
“S” is for Smith, Ellison Durant (1864-1944). In 1908 Smith stunned the political establishment by winning election to the United States Senate. He re...
“S” is for Smith, Arthur (1921-2014)
Thanks to the widespread popularity of his instrumental hit “Guitar Boogie,” Arthur Smith became one of the best known guitarists in country music.
“S” is for Smith, Alice Ravenel Huger (1876-1958)
Born in Charleston, Smith emerged as the leading artist of the Charleston Renaissance.
“H” is for Hunter, John (d. 1802)
“H” is for Hunter, John (d. 1802). Congressman, U.S. senator.
“G” is for Grimké, Archibald Henry (1849-1930)
“G” is for Grimké, Archibald Henry (1849-1930). Activist, scholar.
“C” is for Coker, David Robert (1870-1938)
“C” is for Coker, David Robert (1870-1938). Businessman, plant breeder, philanthropist.
“C” is for Coker, Charles Westfield (1879-1931)
“C” is for Coker, Charles Westfield (1879-1931). Businessman, philanthropist, social reformer.
“C” is for Cofitachiqui
“C” is for Cofitachiqui. Cofitachiqui is the name of a sixteenth-and seventeenth-century Native American chiefdom as well as one of the principal town...
Grant’s Enforcer: Taking down the Klan
In his book Grant’s Enforcer: Taking Down the Klan Guy Gugliota offers a gripping story of the early years after the Civil War and the campaign led by...
“B” is for Boyce, James Pettigru (1827-1888)
“B” is for Boyce, James Pettigru (1827-1888). Minister, educator.
“W “is for Woodmason, Charles (ca.1720?)
“W “is for Woodmason, Charles (ca.1720?). Clergyman.
“W “is for Woodmason, Charles (ca.1720?)
“W “is for Woodmason, Charles (ca.1720?). Clergyman.
“S” is for Smalls, Robert (1839-1915
“S” is for Smalls, Robert (1839-1915.) Legislator, congressman.
“R” is for Russell's Magazine (1857-1860)
“R” is for Russell's Magazine (1857-1860). Russell's Magazine was the last of the southern antebellum literary magazines and arguably the best.
“P” is for Poppenheim, Mary Barnett (1866-1936) and Louisa Bouknight Poppenheim (1868-1957)
“P” is for Poppenheim, Mary Barnett (1866-1936) and Louisa Bouknight Poppenheim (1868-1957). Club women, social reformers.
“P “is for Pope, Thomas Harrington, Jr. (1913-1999)
“P “is for Pope, Thomas Harrington, Jr. (1913-1999). Attorney, legislator, historian.
“N” is for Nullification
“N” is for Nullification. The passage of the federal tariff law of 1828 signaled the rise of the nullification controversy in South Carolina. Led by J...
“N” is for Nuclear power
“N” is for Nuclear power. The first time nuclear power was used to generate electricity in South Carolina was a small 17 megawatt experimental prototy...
“C” is for Coastal plain
“C” is for Coastal plain. The coastal plain is South Carolina's largest landform region, forming two-thirds of the state and encompassing approximatel...
“M” is for Morgané, Mary Elizabeth (1815-1903)
“M” is for Morgané, Mary Elizabeth (1815-1903). Author, diarist.
“H” is for Humphreys, Josephine (b.1945)
“H” is for Humphreys, Josephine (b.1945). Novelist.
“G” is for Gressette, Lawrence Marion (1902-1984)
“G” is for Gressette, Lawrence Marion (1902-1984). Legislator.
“D” is for Dutch Fork
“D” is for Dutch Fork. The Dutch Fork lies in a fork between the Broad and Saluda Rivers that includes parts of the modern counties of Newberry, Lexin...
“C” is for Cockfighting
“C” is for Cockfighting. Cockfighting is a blood sport that has existed in South Carolina from colonial times into the twenty-first century, despite t...
“C” is for Coastal Carolina University
“C” is for Coastal Carolina University. Located in Horry County between Conway and Myrtle Beach, Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive...
Clyburn, James Enos (b.1940)
“C” is for Clyburn, James Enos (b.1940). Congressman. In 2024 James Enos Clyburn won election to Congress for a seventeenth term.
Boudo, Louis (ca. 1786-1827)
“B” is for Boudo, Louis (ca. 1786-1827), and Heloise Boudo (d. 1837). Silversmiths, goldsmiths, jewelers.
“B” is for Bouchillon, Christopher Allen (1893-1968)
“B” is for Bouchillon, Christopher Allen (1893-1968). Although largely forgotten today, Christopher Allen Bouchillon probably ranks as South Carolina’...
“B” is for Bosc, Louis Augustin Guillaume (1759-1828)
“B” is for Bosc, Louis Augustin Guillaume (1759-1828). Naturalist.
“B” is for Boonesborough Township
“B” is for Boonesborough Township. Boonesborough was one in the second wave of townships that South Carolina laid out during the mid-eighteenth centur...
“W “is for Women's suffrage
“W “is for Women's suffrage. The earliest suffrage clubs in the state were not organized until the 1890s but suffragists were beginning to receive not...
“S” is for slave trade
“S” is for Slave trade. The Atlantic slave trade was one of the most important demographic, social, and economic events of the modern era.
“S” is for slave religion
“S” is for slave religion. Enslaved Africans arriving in South Carolina brought their traditional belief systems with them and until the early ninetee...
“S” is for slave patrols
“S” is for slave patrols. Slave patrols were a crucial mechanism of slave control in the colonial and antebellum periods of South Carolina history.
“R” is for Russell, Donald Stewart (1906-1998)
“R” is for Russell, Donald Stewart (1906-1998). University president, governor, U.S. senator, jurist.
“P” is for Pompion Hill Chapel (Berkeley County)
“P” is for Pompion Hill Chapel (Berkeley County). Built in 1763, Pompion Hill Chapel is among the finest remaining examples of the Anglican parish chu...
“P” is for Pomaria Nursery
“P” is for Pomaria Nursery. Established in Newberry District in 1840 by William Summer, Pomaria Nursery was one of the most influential and prestigiou...
“M” is for Moore, Samuel Preston (1813-1889)
“M” is for Moore, Samuel Preston (1813-1889). Surgeon general of the Confederacy.
“M” is for Moore, James, Sr. (ca.1650-1706
“M” is for Moore, James, Sr. (ca.1650-1706. Governor.