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South Carolina (/ˌkærəˈlaɪnə/ ^ⓘ KARR-ə-LIE-nə) is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia to the southwest 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 , 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 American Civil War, it 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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Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is an American politician. He served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 2nd congressional district from 1995 until his resignation in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and, prior to his career in elected office, worked for his father in both the elder Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign and his social justice, civil rights and political activism organization, Operation PUSH. Jackson's wife, Sandi Jackson, served on the Chicago City Council. He served as a national co-chairman of the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign. Jackson established a consistent liberal record on both social and fiscal issues, and he has co-authored books on civil rights and personal finance.

In October 2012, Jackson was investigated for financial improprieties including misuse of campaign funds. Jackson resigned from Congress on November 21, 2012, citing mental and physical health problems, including bipolar disorder and gastrointestinal problems. On February 8, 2013, Jackson admitted to violating federal campaign law by using campaign funds to make personal purchases. Jackson pleaded guilty on February 20, 2013, to one count of wire and mail fraud. On August 14, 2013, he was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. Jackson was released from prison on March 26, 2015. (Full article...)

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Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (February 20, 1805 – October 26, 1879) was an American abolitionist, political activist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement. At one point she was the best known, or "most notorious," woman in the country. She and her sister Sarah Moore Grimké were considered the only notable examples of white Southern women abolitionists. The sisters lived together as adults, while Angelina was the wife of abolitionist leader Theodore Dwight Weld.

Although raised in Charleston, South Carolina, Angelina and Sarah spent their entire adult lives in the North. Angelina's greatest fame was between 1835, when William Lloyd Garrison published a letter of hers in his anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator, and May 1838, when she gave a speech to abolitionists with a hostile, noisy, stone-throwing crowd outside Pennsylvania Hall. The essays and speeches she produced in that period were incisive arguments to end slavery and to advance women's rights. (Full article...)

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Image 1Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 2Inside Ft. Sumter, 1861 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 3Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 4Charleston in ruins, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 5Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 6Lord Charles Montagu, the last Royal Governor of South Carolina (from History of South Carolina)
Image 7Joseph 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 8North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 9Children 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 10Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina)
Image 11Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 12Statue of Ben Tillman, one of the most outspoken advocates of racism to serve in U.S. Congress (from History of South Carolina)
Image 13Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 14Joseph 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 15Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 16A historic home on the Battery in Charleston (from History of South Carolina)
Image 17Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from South Carolina)
Image 18Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 19A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 20Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 21Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 22Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 23Census listing number of slaves in South Carolina, 1721 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 24Wade Hampton III, leader of "Redeemers" political coalition after Reconstruction era (from History of South Carolina)
Image 25Children 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 26A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 27The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 28Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)
Image 29A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 30An 1861 engraving of Fort Sumter before the attack that began the Civil War (from History of South Carolina)
Image 31Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 32South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 33A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 34South 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 35A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 36South Carolina was formed in 1712. (from History of South Carolina)
Image 37Myrtle Beach, North Ocean Boulevard in 2010 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 38Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 39A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 40Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from South Carolina)
Image 41Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 42A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 43Map of South Carolina counties by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

Non-Hispanic White
  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

  80–90%

Black or African American
  40–50%

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(from South Carolina)
Image 44Charleston in ruins, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 45Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 46The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 47Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)
Image 48Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 49South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 50North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 51A cotton farmer and his children pose before taking their crop to a cotton gin, circa 1870 (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 53A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 54Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 55Map of South Carolina counties by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

Non-Hispanic White
  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

  80–90%

Black or African American
  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

(from South Carolina)

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... that when Felicia Schroeder signed to play soccer for the University of South Carolina, the school did not have a sign-language interpreter available for her?
... that Annie Dove Denmark was offered residency on campus for the rest of her life after resigning as the president of Anderson College?
... that South Carolina legislator Wade Perrin was assassinated by members of the Ku Klux Klan the day after being re-elected?
... that U.S. regulators determined that a South Carolina radio station broadcast from unauthorized facilities for more than 15 years?
... that South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Will Muschamp told Jalin Hyatt: "Man, you're fast, but you need to eat more peanut butter"?
... that in 2021, Tropical Storm Danny became just the third named system to make landfall in South Carolina in the month of June since 1867?

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State of South Carolina
Columbia (capital)
Regions	Atlantic Coastal Plain Blue Ridge Mountains Grand Strand High Hills of Santee Lake Murray Country Lowcountry Metrolina Midlands Ninety-Six District Olde English District Pee Dee Piedmont Sandhills Sea Islands Upstate	Seal of South Carolina
Larger cities	Charleston Columbia Greenville North Charleston Rock Hill Spartanburg
Smaller cities	Aiken Anderson Beaufort Bennettsville Camden Cayce Conway Easley Florence Forest Acres Gaffney Georgetown Greenwood Greer Goose Creek Hilton Head Island Isle of Palms Laurens Lexington Mauldin Myrtle Beach North Augusta North Myrtle Beach Orangeburg Simpsonville Summerville Sumter Union Walterboro West Columbia York
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