South Carolina from A to Z

“B” is for Bosc, Louis Augustin Guillaume (1759-1828) 05.09.2025 0:59 ↓

“B” is for Bosc, Louis Augustin Guillaume (1759-1828). Naturalist.

“B” is for Boonesborough Township 04.09.2025 0:59 ↓

“B” is for Boonesborough Township. Boonesborough was one in the second wave of townships that South Carolina laid out during the mid-eighteenth century to defend her frontier from the Cherokee.

“W “is for Women's suffrage 03.09.2025 0:59 ↓

“W “is for Women's suffrage. The earliest suffrage clubs in the state were not organized until the 1890s but suffragists were beginning to receive notice.

“S” is for slave trade 02.09.2025 0:59 ↓

“S” is for Slave trade. The Atlantic slave trade was one of the most important demographic, social, and economic events of the modern era.

“S” is for slave religion 01.09.2025 0:59 ↓

“S” is for slave religion. Enslaved Africans arriving in South Carolina brought their traditional belief systems with them and until the early nineteenth century Christianity only marginally affected them and their descendants.

“S” is for slave patrols 29.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“S” is for slave patrols. Slave patrols were a crucial mechanism of slave control in the colonial and antebellum periods of South Carolina history.

“R” is for Russell, Donald Stewart (1906-1998) 28.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“R” is for Russell, Donald Stewart (1906-1998). University president, governor, U.S. senator, jurist.

“P” is for Pompion Hill Chapel (Berkeley County) 27.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“P” is for Pompion Hill Chapel (Berkeley County). Built in 1763, Pompion Hill Chapel is among the finest remaining examples of the Anglican parish churches of the lowcountry.

“P” is for Pomaria Nursery 26.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“P” is for Pomaria Nursery. Established in Newberry District in 1840 by William Summer, Pomaria Nursery was one of the most influential and prestigious nurseries of the antebellum South.

“M” is for Moore, Samuel Preston (1813-1889) 25.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“M” is for Moore, Samuel Preston (1813-1889). Surgeon general of the Confederacy.

“M” is for Moore, James, Sr. (ca.1650-1706 22.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“M” is for Moore, James, Sr. (ca.1650-1706. Governor.

“M” is for Moore, James, Jr. (ca.1682-1774) 21.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“M” is for Moore, James, Jr. (ca.1682-1774). Governor.

“L “is for Ludvigson, Susan (b.1942) 20.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“L “is for Ludvigson, Susan (b.1942). Poet.

“H” is for Hume, Sophia Wigington (ca. 1702-1774) 19.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“H” is for Hume, Sophia Wigington (ca. 1702-1774). Minister, writer.

D” is for Durban, Pam Rosa (b. 1947) 18.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“D” is for Durban, Pam Rosa (b. 1947). Author. A native of Aiken, Durban attended the University of North Carolina, Greensboro and the Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa.

“D” is for Dorn, William Jennings Bryan (1906-2005) 15.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“D” is for Dorn, William Jennings Bryan (1906-2005). Congressman.

“G” is for Green, Jonathan (b. 1955) 14.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“G” is for Green, Jonathan (b. 1955). Painter, printmaker.

"G” is for Greeks 13.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“G” is for Greeks. Greek immigrants began arriving in South Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century and they quickly found a niche as entrepreneurs within the service sector.

“C” is for Charleston Riot (1876) 12.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“C” is for Charleston Riot (1876).

“B” is for Bishopville 11.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“B” is for Bishopville (Lee County; 2020 population 2,994).

“G” is for Gregorie, Anne King (1887 to 1960) 08.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“G” is for Gregorie, Anne King (1887 to 1960). Historian, teacher, author, editor.

“C” is for Clover 07.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“C” is for Clover (York County; 2020 population 6,800).

“C” is for Clinton 06.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“C” is for Clinton (Laurens County; 2020 population 8,091).

“B” is for Boone, Thomas (ca. 1730-1812) 05.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“B” is for Boone, Thomas (ca. 1730-1812). Governor.

“B” is for Bonnet, Stede (1688-1718) 04.08.2025 0:59 ↓

“B” is for Bonnet, Stede (1688-1718). Pirate.