S.C. History

South Carolina's historical events, people and places. Content has been curated to meet South Carolina Social Studies Standards.
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Drunken Jack, The Pirate | Ghosts and Legends III

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From Pawleys Island, S.C. During the golden age of piracy, there came an afternoon on which a pirate ship sailed into Murrell's Inlet to bury a treasure they would imbibe in that very night. By late...
Gray Man | Ghosts & Legends III

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From Pawleys Island, S.C. Plowden C.J. Weston went to England to be educated but returned to his beloved Pawleys Island, where he and his lovely English wife, Emily Esdaille Weston, built the Pelican...
Longstreet Theatre | Ghosts & Legends III

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Ann C. Dreher, professor of Theater at USC, discusses Longstreet Theatre, and tells of the building's past uses as a hospital and a morgue, as well as a seminary. When people are there at night, the...
Alice of The Hermitage | Ghosts & Legends III

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The story of Alice Flagg of Georgetown, who became very ill and died of malaria while in boarding school at the age of 15. Alice's fiance' had given her a diamond ring, but her brother disapproved and...
The Bouquet: Stede Bonnet | Ghosts & Legends III

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Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate, was executed on December 10, 1718. In the Legend of The Bouquet, we learn that on the day of his execution, after a foiled escape attempt, he was escorted to the...
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Episode 5

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Question and answer at the 2015 James Otis Lecture.