History of Charleston, South Carolina

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history of a city topic

The History of Charleston, South Carolina encompasses the city’s development from a colonial port and major slave-trading center through the Revolutionary and Civil Wars to its modern role as a cultural and historic landmark of the American South.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Charleston society	1
George Washington's Southern Tour visit to Charleston in 1791	1
History of Charleston, South Carolina canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	history of a city ⓘ topic ⓘ
appliesTo	Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Charleston, South Carolina
associatedWithSystem	plantation economy ⓘ racial slavery in the United States ⓘ
beganWith	founding of Charles Town in 1670 ⓘ
colonialPower	Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ
demographicFeature	large enslaved African and African American population in the 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ
earlyName	Charleston ⓘ surface form: Charles Town
governanceChange	transition from colonial government to state and municipal government ⓘ
involvedInEvent	Battle of Sullivan’s Island (1776) ⓘ Charleston earthquake of 1886 ⓘ Bombardment of Fort Sumter ⓘ surface form: Firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 Hurricane Hugo in 1989 ⓘ Nullification Crisis ⓘ Secession of South Carolina in 1860 ⓘ Siege of Charleston ⓘ surface form: Siege of Charleston (1780) Stono Rebellion ⓘ surface form: Stono Rebellion of 1739 Union naval blockade during the Civil War ⓘ
linkedToCulture	Gullah ⓘ surface form: Gullah Geechee culture Lowcountry cuisine ⓘ historic preservation movement in the United States ⓘ
linkedToSite	Charleston Harbor ⓘ Charleston Historic District ⓘ Drayton Hall ⓘ Fort Sumter ⓘ Magnolia Plantation and Gardens ⓘ Middleton Place Gardens ⓘ surface form: Middleton Place Old Slave Mart Museum ⓘ Rainbow Row ⓘ The Battery (Charleston) ⓘ
locatedIn	South Carolina ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
majorEconomicRole	Atlantic colonial port ⓘ indigo export center ⓘ rice export center ⓘ slave-trading center ⓘ
modernRole	cultural landmark of the American South ⓘ major historic preservation city ⓘ tourism center ⓘ
namedAfter	Charles II of England ⓘ surface form: King Charles II of England
significantEra	American Civil War ⓘ American Revolutionary War ⓘ Antebellum period ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: Civil Rights Movement Jim Crow laws ⓘ surface form: Jim Crow era Reconstruction era ⓘ colonial era ⓘ late 20th century urban revitalization ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Siege of Charleston → category → History of Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ

Heyward-Washington House → hostedEvent → History of Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ

this entity surface form: George Washington's Southern Tour visit to Charleston in 1791

Dorothy Haskell Porcher Legge → sphereOfInfluence → History of Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charleston society