Settlement in South Carolina

1607-1775. Learn the role of the African Slave Trade to the colonial economy (1607-1775), which included growing rice and indigo. Also learn about South Carolina's presence as one of the 13 colonies and how the colonial government (1607-1775) operated.
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Middleton Place

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Clemson Extension Agent and Host of Making It Grow Amanda McNulty travels to Middleton Place near Charleston, SC and talks with their Artisan Blacksmith.
Middleton Place

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Clemson Extension Agent and Host of Making It Grow Amanda McNulty travels to Middleton Place near Charleston, SC and talks with their Artisan Cooper.
Middleton Place

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Clemson Extension Agent and Host of Making It Grow Amanda McNulty travels to Middleton Place near Charleston, SC and talks with their Artisan Potter.
Gullah People | Gullah Net
Gullah People | Gullah Net

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Gullah communities are located where enslaved Africans once lived and worked on Sea Island plantations that were owned by American colonists. Native Americans were also part of these communities. The...
Gullah History | Gullah Net
Gullah History | Gullah Net

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From West Africa During the late 1600s, English settlers in the new colonies needed more workers to farm thousands of acres of land on Sea Island plantations. Although some of the workers were Native...
Early Colonial Life | Conversations on SC History
Episode 4

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Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. Early Colonial Life is discussed in three lessons: English Speaking Settlers of SC Why do we have a North and...