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Prior to the civil rights movement in South Carolina, African Americans in the state had very few political rights. South Carolina briefly had a majority-black government during the Reconstruction era after the Civil War, but with the 1876 inauguration of Governor Wade Hampton III, a Democrat who supported the disenfranchisement of blacks, African Americans in South Carolina struggled to ...
After the war, leaders included Gen. Edwin Warren Moïse, adjutant-general of the state of South Carolina from 1876 to 1880; Franklin J. Moses, Sr. (born Israel Franklin Moses), who became chief justice of the South Carolina supreme court in 1868; and his son Franklin J. Moses, Jr., governor of South Carolina from 1872 to 1874.
[9] [10] According to 2020 census, the population was 32,025, [11] making it the 15th-most populous city in South Carolina, and one of the two largest cities of the Central Savannah River Area. Founded in 1835, Aiken was named after William Aiken, the president of the South Carolina Railroad. It became part of Aiken County when the county was ...
North Charleston is a city in Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. [1] As of the 2020 census , North Charleston had a population of 114,852, [ 4 ] making it the third-most populous city in the state, and the 248th-most populous city in the United States .
Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,244. [2] Its county seat is Union. [3] The county was created in 1785.
Angel Oak is an enormous Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) located in Angel Oak Park on Johns Island near Charleston, South Carolina. The tree is estimated to be 400–500 years old. [1] It stands 66.5 ft (20 m) tall, measures 28 ft (8.5 m) in circumference, and produces shade that covers 17,200 square feet (1600 m 2).
Moncks Corner is a town in and the county seat of Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. [6] The population was 7,885 at the 2010 census. [7] As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, Moncks Corner is included within the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
I Belong to South Carolina: South Carolina Slave Narratives. University of South Carolina Press. Hill Edwards, Justene (2021). Unfree Markets: The Slaves' Economy and the Rise of Capitalism in South Carolina. Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalism. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54926-4. LCCN 2020038705.