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Sullivan's Island

Sullivan's Island

1666 –

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  • Title Sullivan's Island
  • Coverage 1666 –
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  • Keywords discovered in 1666 by Captain Robert Sandford, named for Captain Florence O’Sullivan, a former Irish soldier and one of South Carolina’s first colonists, “The Gold Bug”, quarantine station was built on Sullivan’s Island in 1707 and served as the primary line of defense against infectious disease reaching Charleston,
  • Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia
  • Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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  • Access Date November 17, 2024
  • Original Published Date
  • Date of Last Update August 25, 2022
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