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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of South Carolina, (search)
ing their brave efforts for defending the colonies against the Indians and Spaniards. The South Carolinians warmly sympathized with the patriotic movements in the North preceding the Revolutionary War. The royal governor (Lord Campbell) abdicated the government, and took refuge on board a British war-vessel, in September, 1775, when the government was administered by a provincial council. A State constitution was first adopted March 26, 1776, and the national Constitution was ratified May 23, 1788. Great political agitation existed in the State from 1828 to 1833, there being strong opposition to the high tariff upon importations imposed by the national government. Immediately after the Presidential election in 1832, a State convention met (November), and adopted unanimously a nullification ordinance (see Jackson, Andrew; nullification), which pronounced the tariff null, void, and no law, nor binding on this State, its officers and citizens, and prohibited the payment of duties
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tappan, Lewis 1788-1873 (search)
Tappan, Lewis 1788-1873 Merchant; brother of Arthur Tappan; born in Northampton, Mass., May 23, 1788; received a common school education; established himself in business with his brother in 1814. Later he became interested in calico-print works and the manufacture of cotton; removed to New York in 1827, and with his brother engaged in the importing trade. In 1833 he became deeply interested in the anti-slavery movement, in consequence of which he and his brother at various times suffered personal violence. He was involved in the crisis of 1837, and soon after withdrew from the firm and established the first mercantile agency in the country. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 21, 1873.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Carolina, (search)
sh evacuate Charleston......Dec. 14, 1782 Charleston (hitherto Charlestown) incorporated......1784 South Carolina relinquishes to Georgia her claim to a tract of land lying between the Altamaha and St. Mary's rivers......1787 South Carolina cedes to the United States government her claim to a strip of land 12 miles wide west of a line from the head of the Tugaloo River to the North Carolina border......Aug. 9, 1787 Constitution of the United States ratified by the State......May 23, 1788 Convention at Columbia completes State constitution......June 3, 1790 Santee Canal, connecting Charleston Harbor with the Santee, 22 miles long, begun 1792, completed......1802 Severe hurricane at Charleston......September, 1804 College of the University of South Carolina, chartered 1801, opened at Columbia......1805 Owing to the peculiar distribution of the slave population, which gave the upper counties the power to tax, while the lower counties held most of the property