HISTORY a. The Muse of History has been so much in love with Mars, that she has seldom conversed COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME. PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY W. J. DUFFIE, NEWBERRY, S. C. PRINTED BY WALKER, EVANS & CO. CHARLESTON 1858 ΤΟ THE YOUTH OF CAROLINA, · WHOSE ANCESTORS, COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS NATIONS OF THE OLD WORLD, HAVE COALESCED INTO ONE IN THE NEW, AND WHO, AFTER TWO REVOLUTIONS, IN LESS THAN ONE CENTURY, HAVING ACQUIRED LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE, MADE A PRUDENT USE OF THESE INESTIMABLE BLESSINGS, BY ESTABLISHING, ON THE BASIS OF REASON AND THE RIGHTS OF MAN, A SOLID, EFFICIENT, AND WELL BALANCED GOVERNMENT, WHOSE OBJECT IS PUBLIC GOOD, WHOSE END IS PUBLIC HAPPINESS, BY WHICH INDUSTRY HAS BEEN ENCOURAGED, AGRICULTURE EXTENDED, LITERATURE CHERISHED, RELIGION PROTECTED, AND JUSTICE CHEAPLY AND CONVENIENTLY ADMINISTERED TO A RAPIDLY INCREASING POPULATION. IN HOPES THAT THE DESCENDANTS OF SUCH SIRES WILL LEARN, FROM THEIR EXAMPLE TO LOVE THEIR COUNTRY AND CHERISH ITS INTERESTS, THE FOLLOWING HISTORY IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. CHAP. CIVIL HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. I. Population..... II. Proprietary Government from its Commencement in 1670, till its Aboli- PAGE 1 tion in 1719... 14 III. IV. The Revolution in 1719 from Proprietary to Royal Government. 31 53 VII. SEC. 1. Of Introductory Events and Taking of Arms... 84 113 118 124 Of the Extinction of Royal Authority and of the Royalists....141 148 4. Of the Attack of the Fort on Sullivan's Island by Sir Peter |