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1 day ago · South Carolina was named in honor of King Charles I of England, who first formed the English colony, with Carolus being Latin for "Charles". In 1712 the Province of South Carolina was formed. One of the original Thirteen Colonies, South Carolina became a royal colony in 1719.
- 32,020 sq mi (82,932 km²)
- 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat (list)
1 day ago · For instance, South Carolina was estimated to have lost about 25,000 slaves to flight, migration, or death which amounted to a third of its slave population. From 1770 to 1790, the black proportion of the population (mostly slaves) in South Carolina dropped from 60.5 percent to 43.8 percent, and from 45.2 percent to 36.1 percent in Georgia.
- 1765 to 1783
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1 day ago · Charleston, South Carolina. / 32.78333°N 79.93194°W / 32.78333; -79.93194. Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, [8] and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area. [b] The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's ...
- 20 ft (6 m)
- Charles II of England
5 days ago · In 1778, General George Washington was approached with an interesting proposal from Lt. Col. John Laurens of South Carolina. The war in the southern colonies was going badly, in part because of a shortage of troops.
3 days ago · The most popular crop was tobacco. The Jamestown colonists had grown tobacco originally, and tobacco farms sprung up all over Virginia and North Carolina. The two southernmost states (South Carolina and Georgia) also grew indigo and rice. Farm equipment was also different.
5 days ago · Mary Boykin Chestnut was the wife of a wealthy South Carolina planter who kept a diary during the Civil War. Published long after the war, the diary included many insightful and pointed criticisms of slavery, such as this passage, in which she calls the institution "a monstrous system...a wrong and an inequity."
5 days ago · The 13 Colonies of America. Rhode Island . Founded: 1636 by Roger Williams and others, at Providence. Major Industry: Agriculture (livestock, dairy, fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering) Major Cities: Providence. Colony Named for: Dutch for "red island" Became a State: May 29, 1790
