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An essay called "The Successful Planter," published in 1832, outlined a system of every day life for slaves living on plantations. State law in the 1830s forbade the education of slaves, but many...
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When Rice Was King (10): Slave Lifestyle 10
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When Rice Was King (13): Preservation Of Plantation Homes And Wetlands 13
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The Middleton Plantation, just south of Charleston, is presently a museum. The Middleton Plantation is an example of rice wealth during the early 1800s, and many other planters sought to style their...
Return To Normandy | South Carolinians In WW II 1
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To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, many veterans make the journey to France to remember the battle that took place. For the remaining veterans still alive, this...
A New Front, Part 8 8
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After the victory in Italy, the next large-scale campaign would be “Operation Overlord”: a massive allied mobilization by the Americans and the British, to drive the Germans out of France. American...
A New Front, Part 6 6
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With the majority of men off fighting the war overseas, women on the home-front had to step up to take on jobs that men would usually do. Most war machines and weapons, such as tanks, airplanes, and...
A New Front, Part 5 5
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Also known as the Battle of Anzio, Operation Shingle was an allied amphibious campaign, under command of Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, and Major General John P. Lucas. S.C. veterans remember the...
Circle of Inheritance Lesson Plan: A Struggle for Power
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In this lesson students will be learning about the “struggle for power” between the Spanish, French, English, and Native Americans for South Carolina. The teacher will emphasize that each group had...
South Carolina Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust - Teaching Lesson Eleven
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Remind students that all of the South Carolinians they have read about so far were either survivors of the Holocaust or American soldiers who saw the horrors of the concentration camps at liberation...