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Mulberry Plantation is a historic plantation property in rural Berkeley County, South Carolina. Located between Moncks Corner and Charleston, this property was developed in 1714 by Thomas Broughton, who became the Royal governor of South Carolina, and is one of the oldest plantation homes in the United States. Its rice fields, dikes and canals ...
The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina: 1514-1861 (U of South Carolina Press, 2020). Smith, Hayden R. Carolina's Golden Fields: Inland Rice Cultivation in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1670–1860 (Cambridge UP, 2019). Smith, Warren B. White Servitude in Colonial South Carolina; Spady, James O’Neil.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen on a map. [1]
South Carolina is named after King Charles I of England.Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus. South Carolina was formed in 1712. By the end of the 16th century, the Spanish and French had left the area of South Carolina after several reconnaissance missions, expeditions and failed colonization attempts, notably the short-living French outpost of Charlesfort followed by ...
South Carolina counties (clickable map) This is a list of the properties and historic districts in each of the 46 counties of South Carolina that are designated National Register of Historic Places. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 7, 2025. [1]
Medway (Mount Holly, South Carolina) Mount Holly 1704–1705 House Main part of original house was actually built in 1686 Old St. Andrew's Parish Church: Charleston 1706 Church Oldest church building in South Carolina St. James Church (Goose Creek, South Carolina) Goose Creek 1708 Church Col. William Rhett House: 54 Hasell Street, Charleston ...
The Province of Carolina before and after the split into north and south. Charles Town was the first settlement, established in 1670. [3] [4] King Charles II had given the land to a group of eight nobles called the lords proprietor; they planned for a Christian colony.
Since colonial times, South Carolina had always been home to a sizable population of free blacks. Many were descended from enslaved mulattoes freed by their white fathers/owners. Others had been freed for faithful service. Some African-Americans purchased their freedom with portions of earnings they were allowed to keep when being "hired out".