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Aiken County founded by three Black leaders revealed
Local author Isabel Vandervelde publishes Aiken County The Only South Carolina County Founded During Reconstruction detailing founders Prince Rivers Charles Hayne and Samuel Lee. The work covers Reconstruction politics empowering Black voters, a biographical index and chronology, with Vandervelde offering a balanced account and noting limited prior writing on these founders. The book is sold at Vandervelde’s antique mall booth in downtown Aiken and at Aiken Office Supply.
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Aiken County
South Carolina
Isabel Vandervelde
Prince R. Rivers
Charles D. Hayne
Samuel J. Lee
Aiken
Vandervelde