Statistics for occurrence #1 of “South Carolina” in chapter 2.18, page 351 of Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2:
...or, the negro slave in Simms's (1835), and Jupiter in Poe's Gold-Bug (1843) are alike in many respects.
Both belong to the type of faithful body servant, both are natives of the coastal region of South Carolina , both illustrate a primitive sort of humour, and both
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