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South Carolina (/ˌkærəˈlaɪnə/ ^ⓘ KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a state in the Southeastern, South Atlantic and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia to the west and south across the Savannah River. Along with North Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast. South Carolina is the 11th-smallest and 23rd-most populous U.S. state, with an estimated population of 5.5 million as of 2025, South Carolina is composed of 46 counties. Its capital is Columbia, while its most populous city is Charleston. Other urban areas include the Upstate, the state's largest metropolitan area which includes Greenville and Spartanburg, as well as Myrtle Beach.

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, South Carolina was the first state to vote in favor of secession from the United States in 1860; after being part of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, the state was readmitted to the Union in 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. (Full article...)

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This list of birds of South Carolina includes species documented in the U.S. state of South Carolina and accepted by the South Carolina Bird Records Committee (SCBRC) of the Carolina Bird Club. As of mid 2021, there were 446 species definitively included in the official list. Nine additional species are on the list but classed as Provisional I (see definitions below). Of the 446 species on the primary list, 114 are rare anywhere in the state, 34 are rare away from the coast, five have been introduced to North America, and four are extinct. Sixteen additional species are classed as Provisional II and seven as Hypothetical as defined below. An additional accidental species has been added from another source.

This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 62nd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS). Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them. (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 2Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina)
Image 3Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the first battle of the American Civil War, in Charleston (from South Carolina)
Image 4Ethnic origins in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 5North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 6A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 7A snow plow in South Carolina. The upstate and mountainous region of the state receives the most measurable snowfall. (from South Carolina)
Image 8Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (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 10A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)

Map of South Carolina counties by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Image 12Map of South Carolina counties by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Image 13Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 14Statue of Ben Tillman, one of the most outspoken advocates of racism to serve in U.S. Congress (from History of South Carolina)
Image 15The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 162024 U.S. presidential election results by county in South Carolina
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Image 17South 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 18Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 19South Carolina was formed in 1712. (from History of South Carolina)
Image 20Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 21Lake Hartwell includes parts of the Savannah, Tugaloo, and Seneca rivers. (from South Carolina)
Image 222024 U.S. presidential election results by county in South Carolina
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Image 23Charleston after the end of the American Civil War, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 24Myrtle Beach, North Ocean Boulevard in 2010 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 25Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 26Population density of South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 27The Carolina Colony grants of 1663 and 1665 (from South Carolina)
Image 28Millford Plantation built 1839–41, is an example of Greek Revival architecture (from South Carolina)
Image 29South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 30Joseph Rainey was the first African American person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented SC's 1st congressional district. (from South Carolina)
Image 31Charleston after the end of the American Civil War, 1865 (from South Carolina)
Image 32Children 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 33Wade Hampton III, leader of "Redeemers" political coalition after Reconstruction era (from History of South Carolina)
Image 34Joseph Rainey was the first African American person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented SC's 1st congressional district. (from South Carolina)
Image 35A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 36Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)
Image 37Pinnacle Mountain viewed from Caesars Head (from South Carolina)
Image 38Map of French Florida, which included modern-day South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 39A roller coaster in the South Carolina portion of Carowinds (from South Carolina)
Image 40A cotton farmer and his children pose before taking their crop to a cotton gin, circa 1870 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 41South Carolina State House (from South Carolina)
Image 42Furman University bell tower near Greenville (from South Carolina)
Image 43A map of the average annual precipitation in South Carolina (from South Carolina)
Image 44A twenty-dollar banknote issued by South Carolina in 1777 (from South Carolina)
Image 45The polity of Cofitachequi at its peak size controlling much of what is now the Carolinas with a large desolate buffer zone between them and their rival Ocute. (from History of South Carolina)
Image 46North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, 2010 (from South Carolina)
Image 47Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Charleston Harbor (from South Carolina)
Image 48Category 4 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (from South Carolina)
Image 49Inside Ft. Sumter, 1861 (from History of South Carolina)
Image 50Top left, the shores of Florida and the future Carolina explored in 1500 and showed in 1502 on the Cantino planisphere (from South Carolina)

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... that a South Carolina TV station began broadcasting just in time to ring in the New Year?
... that the owner of a South Carolina TV station admitted, "I'm not a broadcaster"?
... that a 1998 referendum to repeal South Carolina's unenforceable interracial marriage ban was opposed by more than 38 percent of voters?
... that the 2020 Hampton County tornado was the first recorded F4- or EF4-rated tornado in the South Carolina Lowcountry?
... that Tommy Suggs recommended using Also sprach Zarathustra as his college football team's entrance music, because he saw Elvis Presley do it first?

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