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Episodes tagged "Columbia": 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. University of South Carolina Bulletin: Mill Villages in South Carolina act under a feudalistic system that is adverse to the growth of the state.
    date 1911 to 1934map Richland, South Carolinatags Columbia, Education, Mill Village, U of South Carolina, Legislation

    The frequently ignored peoples that lived in the mill villages of South Carolina are made to sound as if immediate legislation was needed to ameliorate their unique situation. Thomas F. Parker, who made this speech, was one of the owners of the Monaghan Mill. Parker had an agenda, clearly evidenced by his speech as having to do with paternalism and its correlation to mill village life. Parker wanted...

  2. William Gilmore Simms' Account of the 1865 Destruction of Columbia
    date February 14, 1865 to February 20, 1865map RICHLAND, South Carolinatags Catholicism, Columbia, Violence, Confederacy, Civil War, General Sherman

    In 1865, William Gilmore Simms, famed Southern novelist, published a text recounting the capture and burning of Columbia, South Carolina, by the forces of General William Sherman.  The text was highly anecdotal, creating a scene of violence, and disorder.  He recounted looting, fires, and destruction. Simms argued that Sherman willing and knowingly allowed Columbia to burn, that soldiers prevented...