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Birthplace of the Confederacy South Carolina overview
Native Americans lived in South Carolina for centuries before Spanish settlement in 1526. The British formed Carolina, then split into South and North. In the 1700s South Carolinians led in the Revolutionary War, and the state later seceded first. Indigo, cotton, rice and slavery fueled its plantations. Now tourism, fishing, and manufacturing drive the economy of a state with Columbia as capital and the Congaree Swamp National Monument as a notable old growth forest.
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