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View of Blue Ridge Mountains from Sassafras Mountain, Pickens County, South Carolina (2016)

South Carolina (/ˌkærəˈlaɪnə/ ^ⓘ KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia to the west and south across the Savannah River. Along with North Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast. South Carolina is the 40th-largest and 23rd-most populous U.S. state with a recorded population of 5,118,425 according to the 2020 census. In 2019^[update], its GDP was $213.45 billion. South Carolina is composed of 46 counties. The capital is Columbia with a population of 136,632 in 2020; while its most populous city is Charleston with a 2020 population of 150,227. The Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area is the most populous combined metropolitan area in the state, with an estimated 2023 population of 1,590,636.

South Carolina was named in honor of King Charles I of England, who first formed the English colony, with Carolus being Latin for "Charles". In 1712 the Province of South Carolina was formed. One of the original Thirteen Colonies, South Carolina became a royal colony in 1719. During the American Revolutionary War, South Carolina was the site of major activity among the American colonies, with more than 200 battles and skirmishes fought within the state. South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on May 23, 1788. A slave state, it was the first state to vote in favor of secession from the Union on December 20, 1860. After the Civil War ended, the state was readmitted to the Union on July 9, 1868.

During the early-to-mid 20th century, the state started to see economic progress as many textile mills and factories were built across the state. The civil rights movement of the mid-20th century helped end segregation and legal discrimination policies within the state. Economic diversification in South Carolina continued to pick up speed during and in the ensuing decades after World War II. In the early 21st century, South Carolina's economy is based on industries such as aerospace, agribusiness, automotive manufacturing, and tourism. (Full article...)

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Detail from a 1733 map showing the North American coastline between Charles Town and St. Augustine

Lefebvre's Charles Town expedition (September 1706) was a combined French and Spanish attempt under Captain Jacques Lefebvre to capture the capital of the English Province of Carolina, Charles Town, during Queen Anne's War (as the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession is sometimes known).

Organized and funded primarily by the French and launched from Havana, Cuba, the expedition reached Charles Town in early September 1706 after stopping at St. Augustine to pick up reinforcements. After a brief encounter with a privateer the Brillant, one of the expedition's six ships, became separated from the rest of the fleet. Troops landed near Charles Town were quickly driven off by militia called out by Governor Nathaniel Johnson when word of the fleet's approach reached the area, and an improvised flotilla commanded by Colonel William Rhett successfully captured the Brillant, which arrived after the other five ships had already sailed away in defeat. (Full article...)

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Preston Smith Brooks (August 5, 1819 – January 27, 1857) was an American slaver, politician, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina, serving from 1853 until his resignation in July 1856 and again from August 1856 until his death.

A member of the Democratic Party, Brooks was a strong advocate of slavery and states' rights to enforce slavery nationally. He is most remembered for his May 22, 1856, attack upon abolitionist and Republican Senator Charles Sumner, whom he beat nearly to death; Brooks beat Sumner with a cane on the floor of the United States Senate in retaliation for an anti-slavery speech in which Sumner verbally attacked Brooks's first cousin once removed, South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler. (Full article...)

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Image 1Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 2A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 3A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 4The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 5South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 6A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 72024 U.S. presidential election results by county in South Carolina
Democratic
Republican
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Image 8Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 9Lord Charles Montagu, the last Royal Governor of South Carolina (from History of South Carolina)
Image 10A historic home on the Battery in Charleston (from History of South Carolina)
Image 11Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 12Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 13Myrtle Beach, North Ocean Boulevard in 2010 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 14North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 15Inside Ft. Sumter, 1861 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 16Charleston after the end of the American Civil War, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 17Map of South Carolina counties by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Image 18Children workers c. 1912. Some children who worked in South Carolina textile mills went to school half a day and worked before and after school—and eight or nine hours on Saturday. (from South Carolina)
Image 19Lake Hartwell includes parts of the Savannah, Tugaloo, and Seneca rivers (from South Carolina)
Image 20Charleston after the end of the American Civil War, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 21North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 22South Carolina was formed in 1712. (from History of South Carolina)
Image 23A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 24Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina)
Image 25An 1861 engraving of Fort Sumter before the attack that began the Civil War (from History of South Carolina)
Image 26Wade Hampton III, leader of "Redeemers" political coalition after Reconstruction era (from History of South Carolina)
Image 27A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 28Lake Hartwell includes parts of the Savannah, Tugaloo, and Seneca rivers (from South Carolina)
Image 29The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 30Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 31Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 32Joseph Rainey was the first black person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented SC's 1st congressional district. (from South Carolina)
Image 33Joseph Rainey was the first black person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented SC's 1st congressional district. (from South Carolina)
Image 34Map of South Carolina counties by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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(from South Carolina)
Image 35Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 36Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 37Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)
Image 38Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 39Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 40Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 41Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 42Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 43A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 44South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 45Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 46Children workers c. 1912. Some children who worked in South Carolina textile mills went to school half a day and worked before and after school—and eight or nine hours on Saturday. (from South Carolina)
Image 47Census listing number of slaves in South Carolina, 1721 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 48Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 49A cotton farmer and his children pose before taking their crop to a cotton gin, circa 1870 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 50Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)
Image 51South Carolina is named after King Charles I of England. Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus. (from History of South Carolina)
Image 52Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina)
Image 532024 U.S. presidential election results by county in South Carolina
Democratic
Republican
(from South Carolina)
Image 54A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 55Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 56Statue of Ben Tillman, one of the most outspoken advocates of racism to serve in U.S. Congress (from History of South Carolina)
Image 57A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)

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... that a South Carolina TV station went on the air 12 years after its owner said the odds of it existing were "fairly long"?
... that South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Will Muschamp told Jalin Hyatt: "Man, you're fast, but you need to eat more peanut butter"?
... that the 2019 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball recruiting class is known as the Freshies after the name of the group chat they created before their freshman year?
... that the Kingstree jail fire killed 22 freedmen amidst the "unsettled" labor conditions of Reconstruction in South Carolina?
... that Tommy Suggs recommended using Also sprach Zarathustra as his college football team's entrance music, because he saw Elvis Presley do it first?
... that in 1974, Oliver C. Dawson was the first black person to be inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame?

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