Revolutionary War - People

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William Wragg | History of SC Slide Collection
William Wragg | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 141

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

William Wragg (1714-1777) was a prominent loyalist during the American Revolution. Born in South Carolina, educated in the law in England, he returned to his native land in 1734, and rapidly rose to...
Thomas Taylor | History of SC Slide Collection
Thomas Taylor | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 135

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Thomas Taylor (1743-1833) owned the plantation at the top of a hill next to the confluence of the Broad and Saluda Rivers in Richland County that became the site of the city of Columbia in 1786 (see...
Banastre Tarleton | History of SC Slide Collection
Banastre Tarleton | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 134

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Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833), known to South Carolina revolutionary leaders as "Bloody Tarleton," first came to Charleston as an officer under General Clinton's command in the failed attack on Fort...
Thomas Sumter | History of SC Slide Collection
Thomas Sumter | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 133

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Thomas Sumter (1732-1832) was, at his death, the last surviving general of the Revolutionary Army. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, he fought in the French and Indian Wars as a Virginia militia man...
William Loughton Smith | History of SC Slide Collection
William Loughton Smith | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 131

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William Loughton Smith (1758-1812) was one of the leading Federalists in South Carolina in the early national period. Educated in schools in London, he studied law at the Middle Temple and returned to...
Eliza Rutledge | History of SC Slide Collection
Eliza Rutledge | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 126

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Eliza Rutledge (1776-1842), the daughter of John Rutledge, was fifteen when she was painted by the distinguished American historical painter John Trumbull (1756-1843) in 1791. She later became Mrs...
Edward Rutledge | History of SC Slide Collection
Edward Rutledge | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 125

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Son of an Irish immigrant doctor, Edward Rutledge (1749-1800) was born in Charleston where he received his early education. Later, he studied law at the Middle Temple in London, returning to South...
Dr. David Ramsey | History of SC Slide Collection
Dr. David Ramsey | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 120

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Dr. David Ramsey (1749-1815) was a physician and historian. Born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Ramsey attended local schools, the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), and the College of...
Thomas Pinckney | History of SC Slide Collection
Thomas Pinckney | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 116

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Born in Charleston, the third surviving child of Eliza Lucas and Charles Pinckney, the younger brother of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (see Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, In His 6th Year, and Charles...