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In 1871 and 1874 white Democrats in South Carolina, frustrated with high taxes and the Republicans’ domination of the state…

Artist. Born in Columbia on November 13, 1879, Taylor was the daughter of Dr. Benjamin Taylor and Marianna Heyward, both…

Congressman, governor, U.S. senator. Born near Granby on May 4, 1770, Taylor was the eldest son of the upcountry planter…

Nurse, teacher. Born into slavery as Susan Baker near Savannah, Georgia, Taylor became free at the age of fourteen when…

Technical education in South Carolina has a lengthy history, dating back to John de la Howe’s 1797 bequest of land…

York County; 2020 pop. 11,696). A recreation-oriented community on Lake Wylie with stronger ties to North Carolina than South Carolina,…

Gov. Ransome Williams sends a telegram to Mr. James W. Thornton of Aurora, IL. The telegram illustrates the role of the state constabulary chief in working under the governor on law enforcement matters. In this case, the law enforcement task involved a request for the arrest of a wanted suspect believed to be out of state. Before police teletypes and modern information-sharing systems, the governor sometimes interceded with messages about wanted persons and extraditions on behalf of law enforcement authorities. Facilitating such exchanges is a task that was likely a responsibility of the state constabulary and one that continues under SLED.

Snowy black-and-white television pictures first flickered into South Carolina on a regular basis on July 15, 1949, when WBTV Channel…

Dating back to the colonial era, tenantry played a significant role in the agrarian society of South Carolina. Tenant farming…

A dispute between supporters and opponents of nullification over state loyalty oaths, the Test Oath Controversy erupted into violence as…

A red-brick academic building with ivy coverings. The textile building was part of Clemson College (now Clemson University). Clemson was founded in 1889, but did not enroll students until 1893. The school's charter is essentially the last will and testament of Thomas Green Clemson. In 1913, Clemson offered textiles as a major, but students also had the option of taking just a two-year course in textiles. In the fall of 1918, an influenza epidemic broke out. The Textile Building was one of several buildings converted into temporary hospital wards.

Image addresses issues surrounding the textile industry in South Carolina during the 1980s. 1 art original: watercolor; 44 x 46 cm.

(Greenville). Greenville and Spartanburg were still vying for dominance of South Carolina’s textile industry when local representatives of northern textile…

From the late nineteenth century through most of the twentieth century, the textile industry dominated South Carolina manufacturing. It employed…

Textile worker at loom in weave room in Graniteville Manufacturing Company mill.

Opener Room of Warren Division Mill of the Graniteville Manufacturing Company. Handling cotton in the opener room at Warren Division.

The Textile Workers Organizing Committee (TWOC) was formed as part of the attempt by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)…