(1928-1996) Born in Columbia, SC, Joseph Louis Bernardin was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of Chicago from 1982 until 1996.
(1702–1782) Anne Bonny was a female pirate who lived in Charleston, SC.
(1881-1978) Laura Bragg was the first woman director of a major American museum when she became the head of the Charleston Museum in 1920.
(1816-1875) Born in Laurens County, SC, Ann Pamela Cunningham was the founder of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association that purchased and preserved Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington.
(1755-1825) Richard Furman was a pastor who influenced the development of the Baptist denomination in the South.
(1765-1825) Emily Geiger risked her life by serving as a messenger for the Colonial Army during the Revolutionary War.
(1738-1805) Rebecca Motte was a widower and landowner along the Congaree River who graciously allowed Francis Marion and other Patriot soldiers to set fire to her plantation home when the British took command of t
(1704-1781) Born in Charleston, Josiah Smith was a clergyman who championed the causes of the Great Awakening and later the American independence.
(1818-1877) Born in Wedgefield, SC, Angelica Singleton Van Buren married Abraham Van Buren while his father, Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States.
(ca. 1767-1822) Denmark Vesey was a freed slave living in Charleston, SC who planned a large slave rebellion. The rebellion plot failed and Vesey and other plot leaders were arrested and executed.
(1646-1690) Henry Woodward was an early colonist of South Carolina who was instrumental in establishing contact with Native Americans and setting up a trading system.
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