Tag Archives: South Carolina

granular analysis

Posted on April 11, 2013 by SUMPTER

In a message to the state legislature South Carolina governor Milledge Luke Bonham identified several reasons for food shortages in his state: the law prohibiting liquor production was not being obeyed or enforced; the law limiting cotton production to three … Continue reading →

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Sambo and Coffee

Posted on March 26, 2013 by SUMPTER

A Democratic Party oriented newspaper maintained that blacks would have to be drafted to fight for their freedom. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in March 1863: Drafting the Negroes. All the highly colored stories concerning negro volunteers at … Continue reading →

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South Carolina Succession!

Posted on December 28, 2012 by SUMPTER

About two years after the secession of South Carolina from the United States the Palmetto state changed governors: Milledge Luke Bonham replaced Francis Wilkinson Pickens. It certainly wasn’t an election in the current American sense. According to Wikipedia, “On December … Continue reading →

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The Streets Will Get Cleaned

Posted on March 17, 2011 by admin

Even with all the tension between the North and South, especially focused on Fort Sumter and Charleston, there are still genial interactions between the sections – at least intended interactions. From The New-York Times March 18, 1861 (The New York … Continue reading →

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Lady Davis Defends Charleston Harbor

Posted on March 16, 2011 by admin

From The New-York Times March 18, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): THE “FIRST WAR VESSEL.” The Charleston Courier, of Thursday, contains the following: LADY DAVIS, THE FIRST WAR VESSEL PUT AFLOAT BY SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE THE WAR OF OUR … Continue reading →

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Dog Tax

Posted on March 8, 2011 by admin

Well, Somebody’s Got to Pay for the Dahlgren Guns From The New York Times Archive (published March 5, 1861): … Correspondence of the New-York Times. CHARLESTON, C.S.A., Friday, March 1, 1861. While waiting for Mr. LINCOLN to show his hands, … Continue reading →

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Mr. Seymour, Black Slave Owner

Posted on March 7, 2011 by admin

On March 4, 1861 The New-York Times published a report by JASPER, the Charleston correspondent for The Times Here’s an excerpt (The New York Times Archive): CHARLESTON, C.S.A., Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1861. … There is a famous old darkey here, … Continue reading →

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At Ryan’s Mart

Posted on February 28, 2011 by admin

On February 26, 1861 The New-York Times published an article by JASPER, a Charleston, South Carolina correspondent. Here’s an excerpt: There is a place in Chalmers-street, with a neat iron open-work railing, protecting quite a graceful looking building. There was … Continue reading →

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Three Options

Posted on February 10, 2011 by admin

From The New-York Times February 11, 1861: EDWARD MANCHESTER, formerly of Bennington, Vt., arrived home from the Palmetto State a few days since. He says he had a choice between three things — to leave the State, to remain and … Continue reading →

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Let Them Go!

Posted on January 20, 2011 by admin

More Evidence of Dis-united North A month after South Carolina officially seceded from the Union Wendell Phillips, a well-known abolitionist, gave a speech in Boston. The main idea: if a state wants to secede, let it. From The New-York Times … Continue reading →

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