{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"South Carolina Encyclopedia","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce","author_name":"Matthew Simmons","author_url":"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce\/author\/sceditor\/","title":"Sumter - South Carolina Encyclopedia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xEsEXl82MU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce\/entries\/sumter\/\">Sumter<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scencyclopedia.org\/sce\/entries\/sumter\/embed\/#?secret=xEsEXl82MU\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Sumter&#8221; &#8212; South Carolina Encyclopedia\" data-secret=\"xEsEXl82MU\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.scencyclopedia.org\/sce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/14141816\/Downtown_Sumter_2010.jpg","thumbnail_width":432,"thumbnail_height":279,"description":"(Sumter County; 2020 pop. 39,439). When the South Carolina legislature created Sumter District in 1800, they also established the crossroads village of Sumterville as the courthouse seat. Named after the area\u2019s most prominent resident, the Revolutionary War general and United States senator Thomas Sumter, Sumterville\u2019s growth was painfully slowly during its early years. Justices held [&hellip;]"}