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Jim Sanderlin

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Revolutionary-Era South Carolina’s Mantra: ‘Be Cool and Do Mischief’

On Feb. 9, 1776, Christopher Gadsden stood before South Carolina’s Provincial Congress in Charleston with what the congressional record called an...

03.10.2026 7

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Jim Sanderlin

When South Carolina Learned to Resist

On Oct. 19, 1765, a crowd gathered at the corner of Broad and Church streets in Charleston, South Carolina, and built a gallows. An effigy...

06.09.2026 10

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Jim Sanderlin

Resistance Becomes Revolution: North Carolina, 1776

By 1774, North Carolina had spent years learning to resist authority. The Regulation had exposed resentment toward corrupt colonial officials, the...

31.08.2026 20

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Jim Sanderlin