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During World War II, countless women served in all branches of the service stateside and relieved or replaced men for combat duty overseas. Women performed admirably in every conceivable job.
This document is a 1744 contract of indenture for a man, Michael Gyger, to Culchetch Golightly. The period of indenture is three years, during which time Gyger was to be obedient and faithful in all things.
A Civil War hero and politician. Born enslaved in Beaufort on April 5, 1839, Robert Smalls began his life as a house slave. Smalls was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served intermittently until 1886x.
The words and actions of John Gary Evans illustrate the racial tensions in the state at the turn of the 20th century. John Gary Evans served as president of the South Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1895.
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Teaching American History in South Carolina is part of a nationwide Teaching American History federal grant program funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement, Education Academic Improvement and Demonstration Programs Award #U215X070115, #U215X040339 and #S215X010282.
Richland School District Two is the primary recipient of this grant, which is administered by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
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