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John Marrant (June 15, 1755 – April 15, 1791) was an American Methodist preacher and missionary and one of the first black preachers in North America. Born free in New York City, he moved as a child with his family to Charleston, South Carolina. His father died when he was young, and he and his mother also lived in Florida and Georgia.
Others have South Carolina historical markers (HM). The citation on historical markers is given in the reference. The location listed is the nearest community to the site. More precise locations are given in the reference. These listings illustrate some of the history and contributions of African Americans in South Carolina.
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 ...
On December 11, 1861, a massive fire burned 164 acres of Charleston, including the Cathedral of St John and St Finbar, South Carolina Institute Hall, the Circular Congregational Church, and many of the city's finest homes. [23] This fire was responsible for much of the destruction visible in Charleston at the end of the war.
South Carolina Golf Club founded. [18] 1788 – Charleston becomes part of the new US state of South Carolina. [16] 1789 – Medical Society of South Carolina founded. [19] 1790 College of Charleston opens. [2] Population: 16,359. [20] Brown Fellowship Society [21] founded. 1791 – Roman Catholic Church of Charleston incorporated. 1792
The city's oldest Catholic parish, St. Mary of the Annunciation Catholic Church is the mother church of Catholicism in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. In 1820, Charleston was established as the see city of the Diocese of Charleston , which at the time comprised the Carolinas and Georgia and presently encompasses the state of South ...
The first was the South Carolina Leader, established at Charleston in 1865. [2] In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the growth of the African American press in South Carolina was hampered by the fact that a large proportion of South Carolina African Americans lived in poverty in the countryside. [1]
1801 - University of South Carolina was founded; 1803 - Washington Street Methodist builds the first church building in Columbia; 1804 - Columbia Library Society founded. [4] 1805 Town chartered. [1] John Taylor elected intendant (town leader). [1] South Carolina College opens. [2] 1809 - First Baptist Church founded. 1813 - Trinity Episcopal ...