Grade(s): 4
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2019
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The cunning and bravery of South Carolinian, Robert Smalls, is featured in this episode, as he brings his family and others to freedom under the guns of Fort Sumter in the early years of the war. [We...
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This episode explores the events that led to the bombardment of Fort Sumter, the opening event of the Civil War. It also follows the movement of Major Robert Anderson and his garrison from Fort...
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The Mann-Simons Site, home to the same entrepreneurial African American family for nearly 130 years, traces the journey of Columbia’s African American community from enslavement through urban renewal...
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The Mann-Simons Site, home to the same entrepreneurial African American family for nearly 130 years, traces the journey of Columbia’s African American community from enslavement through urban renewal...
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The host ties the reenactment together at various intervals in the story in various spots around Columbia that are particularly associated with Sherman's invasion, such as the area across the Congaree...
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Part 3 of the story of Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Emily Grimké. Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873) and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879) followed a similar path, speaking out and leaving home to join...
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In 1862, Robert Smalls, an enslaved crew-member of the CSS Planter, steals the boat, sails it past the heavily armed defenses of Charleston Harbor in South Carolina and delivers it into the hands of...
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Part 4 of the story of Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Emily Grimké. Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873) and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879) followed a similar path, speaking out and leaving home to join...