TabbyAlong the coasts of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas, tabby was introduced by the Spanish in the seventeenth century…
Table RockTable Rock, located in the inner Piedmont belt, is just south of the Mountain Bridge Wilderness and Recreation Area, including Caesars Head and Jones Gap, both of which share a similar geologic history.
Talvande, Madame Rose and Madame Ann Marsan (Mason) TalvandeEducators. Between approximately 1816 and 1850, Madame Talvande’s Ladies Boarding School in Charleston educated the daughters of the elite families…
Tarleton, BanastreBritish soldier. Few other figures in South Carolina history have been labeled as villainous as Banastre Tarleton has. He was…
Taxpayers' ConventionsIn 1871 and 1874 white Democrats in South Carolina, frustrated with high taxes and the Republicans’ domination of the state…
Taylor, Anna HeywardArtist. Born in Columbia on November 13, 1879, Taylor was the daughter of Dr. Benjamin Taylor and Marianna Heyward, both…
Taylor, JohnCongressman, governor, U.S. senator. Born near Granby on May 4, 1770, Taylor was the eldest son of the upcountry planter…
Taylor, Susie KingNurse, teacher. Born into slavery as Susan Baker near Savannah, Georgia, Taylor became free at the age of fourteen when…
Technical EducationTechnical education in South Carolina has a lengthy history, dating back to John de la Howe’s 1797 bequest of land…
Tega CayYork County; 2020 pop. 11,696). A recreation-oriented community on Lake Wylie with stronger ties to North Carolina than South Carolina,…
TelevisionSnowy black-and-white television pictures first flickered into South Carolina on a regular basis on July 15, 1949, when WBTV Channel…
TenantryDating back to the colonial era, tenantry played a significant role in the agrarian society of South Carolina. Tenant farming…
Test Oath ControversyA dispute between supporters and opponents of nullification over state loyalty oaths, the Test Oath Controversy erupted into violence as…
Textile Hall(Greenville). Greenville and Spartanburg were still vying for dominance of South Carolina’s textile industry when local representatives of northern textile…
Textile IndustryFrom the late nineteenth century through most of the twentieth century, the textile industry dominated South Carolina manufacturing. It employed…
Textile Workers Organizing CommitteeThe Textile Workers Organizing Committee (TWOC) was formed as part of the attempt by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)…
Theological EducationTheological education in South Carolina, as elsewhere, is typically conducted by theological schools or seminaries. They are graduate institutions requiring…
Theus, JeremiahPortrait painter. Born on April 5, 1716, in Chur, Switzerland, Theus immigrated to Orangeburg Township, Carolina, in 1735 with other…
Thompson, Dorothy PerryPoet, scholar, educator. Born Dorothy Perry in Springfield, South Carolina, in 1944, Thompson grew up with five siblings in the…
Thompson, Hugh SmithEducator, governor. Father of South Carolina’s modern public school system and the only professional educator to serve as governor, Thompson…
