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The original building of the Penn School photographed around 1890. The Penn School, located on St. Helena's Island, was the first school for freed African-Americans opened by northerners in the South...
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The Camden Male Academy was conducted as a semi-military academy, training young men in martial skills by Charles H. Peek in Camden from 1859 until his death in 1863. Many of the cadets, shown here in...
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Proprietor of the Blenheim Bottling Company in Blenheim, SC (Marlboro County) . The company is known for its famous Blenheim Ginger Ale and has been in business for over 80 years. The formula for the...
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Middleton Place was one of the great plantations along the Ashley River. A three story brick house was probably built around 1705 by John Williams. His daughter married Henry Middleton and after their...
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South Carolina Female Collegiate Institute in Barhamville, just north of the city of Columbia, was opened in 1829 to offer women a higher education. It was sketched in about 1860 by M. Dovilliers, who...
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Main Lobby The main lobby includes the outside facade, the false dome, the dome room, which leads to the outer dome, and hand-carved mahogany doors, which provide entrance to the Joint Legislative...
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School children portray Charles Pinckney explaining his views on states' rights, and individual freedoms, as they align to the views of the Democratic-Republican Party. Emphasis is placed on his shift...
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Children from James B. Edwards Elementary experience social, and political customs of colonial South Carolina in the period just prior and during the Revolutionary War. See children dancing the minuet...
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In a student acted play, students recount President's George Washington's visit to Snee Farm in May of 1791. Featured prominently in the video are student portraying Charles Pinckney, President...
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Mrs. Ann Edwards continues her discussion of the life of Charles Pinckney focusing specifically on Pinckney's accomplishments in state and federal government after the Revolutionary War. Of special...