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The General Government never resorted to forced loans. The first act of South Carolina was to enforce an excessive one. Secession was to be an era in commercial freedom. All the world was to pay ...

Just weeks before Charleston fell 160 years ago today, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery. And now, in the very city that had championed the cause of bondage, formerly ...

I cover the intersection of state & federal policy and politics. South Carolina has long been considered a ruby red state politically and for good reason. Republican candidates dominate statewide ...

Charleston, South Carolina, April 12, 1861 – the birthplace of secession, and tempers were on edge. In December 1860, the state of South Carolina declared itself independent and severed ties ...

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During the three months between his election and the inauguration, much was to happen and tensions continued to build between the North and South. The South did not want Lincoln to be the President.

All the streaks are over for defending national champion South Carolina. The last of those, a 71-game home win streak that ...