Charles Pinckney: The Rural Colony Of South Carolina

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South Carolina South Carolina is one of two sister colonies. South Carolina has a lot in common with her sister colony, North Carolina. They were officially separated in 1729; however, long before that the two colonies followed different paths. South Carolina’s way led her down the steep slope of instability and through the forests of slavery and judgment. Despite this she came out alive and well on the other side. The rural colony of South Carolina has a very interesting history which includes dreadful leaders, horrid mistreatment of slaves and many other occurrences. South Carolina was stumbled upon by a French explorer who soon moved on and left the fertile land to be found by William Sayle, an English ship captain in 1670. …show more content…

Charles Pinckney, was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1757. Pinckney’s father, whose name also happened to be Charles Pinckney, was a lawyer and a plantation owner. He died in 1782 leaving the farm to his oldest son. Pinckney was educated in Charleston and was an attorney just like his father during the year of 1779. Soon after the start of the war, Pinckney enlisted as a lieutenant. Pinckney was one of the youngest representatives and often exaggerated his involvement in the Constitution. He was recorded as saying that he wrote most of the Constitution. He married Mary Eleanor Laurens, the daughter of a rich merchant, and had three children by …show more content…

John Rutledge, older brother of Edward Rutledge who was famous for signing the Declaration of Independence, was born into a big family in 1739. His early education was given by his father as well as an Anglican Minister. Soon after finishing his education, he began gathering wealth through plantations and slave trading. Three years after he married Elizabeth Grimke, who gave him ten children, he moved into a town house and spent most of his life there. In the year of 1761 he started his fruitful political career. January of 1782 he resigned the governorship which he had received in 1779 and joined the House of Legislature. During the war he suffered great monetary loss from which he never recovered. After the death of his wife in 1792, Rutledge suffered from a presumed mental illnesss. His illness significantly affected his political career, causing him to lose his seat in legislature. He died in the year 1800 at the age of 60 and was buried at St. Michael’s Episcopal