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Historian and author Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z. South Carolina from A to Z is a production of South Carolina Public Radio in partnership with the University of South Carolina Press and SC Humanities.
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“C” is for Crafts, William (1787-1826) (opens the original)
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“C” is for Crafts, William (1787-1826). Legislator, writer, reformer. A native of Charleston Crafts was a graduate of Harvard. Crafts played a significant role in several reform movements of the early nineteenth century. He helped to expand the rights of Catholic and Jews. He supported the campaign to establish the Medical College of South Carolina in Charleston. Crafts had a keen interest in the cause for the hearing and speech impaired and this cause brought him into alliance with key supporte
“B “is for Burton, Edward Milby (1898-1977) (opens the original)
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“B “is for Burton, Edward Milby (1898-1977). Museum director, naturalist, historian. Born in Pennsylvania, Burton's family moved to Charleston when he was only two months old. After graduating from high school in Charleston, he went to work for his family's lumber company. In 1924 he joined a prominent insurance firm and married Sally Morris Pinkney. He became a trustee of the Charleston Museum in 1930 and in 1932 was appointed its director, a position for which he was well suited. During the 19
“B” is for Burt, Armistead (1802-1883) (opens the original)
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“B” is for Burt, Armistead (1802-1883). Lawyer, congressman. Born in Abbeville, Burt married John C. Calhoun's niece. In Abbeville, Burt built a very successful law practice and became the protégé and confidant of his wife's uncle. Burt was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1842. He took his seat in Congress in 1843 and sat for ten years where he was accepted as the spokesman for Calhoun’s pro-southern policies, particularly reducing tariffs and states’ rights. In 1853 Burt left Co
“B” is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham, Jr. (b 1942) (opens the original)
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“B” is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham, Jr. (b 1942). Essayist, environmentalist, educator. A native of Conway, Burroughs was educated at the University of the South and Harvard University. He taught at Bowdoin College in Maine (1968-2000). His collection Billy Watson's Croker Sack appeared in 1991. A year later his book Horry and the Waccamaw was published and reissued later with the title T he River Home: A Return to the Carolina Low Country . The River Home tells the story of Burroughs’s canoe
“B” is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham (1834-1897) (opens the original)
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“B” is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham (1834-1897). Manufacturer, merchant, land developer. Born in North Carolina, in 1857 Burroughs moved to Conway, South Carolina to work with a cousin. That same year on his own initiative, he won contracts to construct a bridge and gallows for the town. After the Civil War, Burroughs and his wife settled in Conway where he expanded his successful turpentine and retail business. In 1895 Burroughs formed a partnership dealing with manufacturing, naval stores, l
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