Standard 8:1

South Carolina: One of the United States

European settlers greeting the Caciqua of the Kiawah. Image obtained from Walter Edgar’s, South Carolina: A History.

The student will demonstrate an understanding of the settlement of South Carolina and the United States by Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans.

Enduring Understanding
The human mosaic of the South Carolina colony was composed of indigenous, immigrant, and enslaved populations. To understand how these differing backgrounds melded into an entirely new and different culture, the student will utilize the following primary sources:

Articles of Agreement between the Lords Proprietors (1674)

Map of Charleston by Edward Crisp, “A Compleat Description of the Province of Carolina in 3 Parts,” (1711)

Map of North and South Carolina by Herman Moll (1717)

Ads from South Carolina Gazette for the sale of a “choice Cargo of Healthy Negroes” and a “very fine Cargo of able-bodied Gambia Negroes” in Charleston, (June 1739)

“An Act for the Better Ordering and Governing of Negroes and Other Slaves in this Province” or Slave Code of South Carolina (May 1740)

Account from South Carolina Gazette listing imported and exported goods in Charleston (June 1745)

Inventory of Estate of Walter Izard of St. George’s Dorchester Parish (listing slaves, livestock, household goods, land holdings, and investments), (January 1750)

“A Treaty of Peace and Friendship…” Indian Treaty between the Cherokee Nation and South Carolina (1761)

[Sources obtained from Teaching American History in South Carolina, http://www.teachingushistory.org]