Sanders, Dorinda (Sua) WatseeAfter years of farming, Sanders tried writing, but her first literary effort (a Gothic romance about sharecroppers) was considered too melodramatic by Louis D. Rubin, Jr., her later publisher, and was not accepted for publication.
Santee RiverThe Santee flows southeast and meets the Atlantic Ocean between the cities of Georgetown and Charleston. Near its mouth, the river forms a delta created by the large amount of sediment picked up by the waters of the Santee and its tributaries as they pass from origins in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina through the Piedmont of North and South Carolina.
ScotsFor Scots, one of the attractions of Carolina was religious liberty. The proprietors guaranteed it, and Scottish Covenanters stood ready to emigrate for it.
Sea IslandsScattered along the state’s approximately 185 miles of coastline, South Carolina’s Sea Islands shelter the mainland from storms and erosion.
Seigler, Marie Samuella CromerIn a few months Seigler had created the Aiken County Girls’ Tomato Club, the first such group in the nation, and was attracting favorable attention from government and philanthropic groups.
ShrimpMany South Carolinians catch their own shrimp, usually by pulling a seine or by casting a circular net (which takes training as well as strength). Small creek shrimp caught in shallow, brackish waters are thought to be sweeter than those caught further out in the rivers and ocean. It is rare to find any of these commercially caught shrimp very far off the coast in South Carolina.
Simpson, William DunlapLegislator, judge, governor. Simpson was born in Laurens District on October 27 1823, son of John Wells Simpson and Elizabeth…
Slave LaborSlavery was work, and for most slaves it was monotonous and relatively undifferentiated labor. Lowcountry South Carolina plantations were distinguished…
SlaveryAfricans were imported in significant numbers from about the 1690s, and by 1715 the black population made up about sixty percent of the colony’s total population. This marked another distinctive feature of South Carolina, for it was the only colony in English North America where this proportion existed.
Smith, Ellison DurantU.S. senator. Smith was born in Sumter District (later Lee County) on August 1, 1864, one of ten children born…
SoybeansAn important cash crop widely grown in South Carolina, soybeans were first cultivated as a soil builder and animal fodder.…
Spartanburg County(811 sq. miles; 2020 pop. 326,205). Spartanburg County is located in the northwestern section of South Carolina in the foothills…
St. Andrew's ParishOn November 30, 1706, St. Andrew’s Day, the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly passed an act establishing the Church…
St. Bartholomew's ParishOne of the ten original parishes established by the Church Act of 1706, St. Bartholomew’s Parish, located in modern Colleton…
St. Helena's ParishOn June 7, 1712, the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly passed an act designating all of the land between…
St. James Goose Creek ParishA long, narrow rectangle extending northwestward from the Cooper River through modern Charleston, Berkeley, and Orangeburg Counties, St. James Goose…
St. James Santee ParishThe parish of St. James Santee was established on April 9, 1706, and included the northeastern portions of modern Berkeley…
St. John's Berkeley ParishOne of the ten original parishes created by the Church Act of 1706, the parish of St. John’s Berkeley stretched…
St. John's Colleton ParishPreviously a part of St. Paul’s Parish, St. John’s Colleton Parish was established by the South Carolina Commons House of…
St. Luke's ParishThe South Carolina Commons House of Assembly passed an act creating St. Luke’s Parish from St. Helena’s Parish on May…
