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Rediscovering the Stories of Runaway Slaves in the Great Dismal Swamp

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deep-swamps-archaeologists-fugitive-slaves-kept-freedom-180960122/?no-ist

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What a Revolutionary War Battle was Like

It can be difficult for anyone, especially for a civilian who has never heard a shot fired in anger, to…

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James Thornwell: Our Danger and Our Duty

A sickly boy made his way slowly through the streets of Columbia, South Carolina. Few would have predicted any kind…

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How Charles Pinckney Honored His Father

If you visit the home of Charles Pinckney, you will find no monument commemorating his achievements as signer of the…

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Governor Aiken’s Bookcases 

Bookcases in the the library of Aiken, the 19th century governor of South Carolina.

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The Horse Stables at the Aiken-Rhett House

The horse stables at the Aiken-Rhett House. Aiken was Governor of South Carolina and one of the richest men in…

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George Dixon’s Gold Coin

For many years there was a story told about Lt. George Dixon and a special gold coin... The story goes…

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McLeod Plantation

This plantation is on James Island, very close to where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. The…

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Why did the H. L. Hunley Sink?

The big mystery of the H. L. Hunley, the first successful military submarine, is why it sunk and how the crew…

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The H. L. Hunley

The third, and most sophisticated submarine that one group of Confederates built was named after one of the builders -…

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