Historian Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z.
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“R” is for Rainey, Joseph Hayne [1832-1887]. Congressman. Rainey was born a slave, but his father—a barber—was able to purchase his family's freedom. During the Civil War, he was forced to serve as a...
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"R" is for the Richardson Waltz, The. Our state waltz.
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"R" is for Right to Work Law [Taft-Hartley Act, 1947-present]
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"R" is for Riley, Richard Wilson [Born 1933] Governor. U.S. Secretary of Education.
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"R" is for Ripley, Alexandra Braid [1934-2004] Writer .
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"R" is for the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia.
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“R” is for Rivers Bridge, Battle of [February 2-3, 1865]. On February 2, 1865, the right wing of Sherman’s army attempted to cross the Salkehatchie River at Rivers Bridge—in what is now southern...