Established in 1959, the University of South Carolina Beaufort is a senior university campus with locations in Beaufort and Hilton Head. The Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era was created by the university in 2019 as the only research institute focusing solely on the Reconstruction Era attached to an organization of higher learning in the nation.
Did you know that continuous African American service in the United States Army started in South Carolina? On May 9, 1862, William Bronson from St. Helena Island enlisted in the First South Carolina Volunteers of African Descent (1SCVAD). On Saturday, April 8, 2023, the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era and College of Arts and Science hosted the Breathing Democracy into Spaces: 1st South Carolina Volunteers of African Descent Symposium. This program from the symposium gives a brief history of the 1SCVAD and how it finds into the broad narrative of the American Civil War and fight for freedom.
The complete list of electronic South Carolina state publications for October is now available. The South Carolina Digital State Documents Depository provides electronic access to state agency publications. These publications provide citizens with crucial information about the state government, including statistics, reports, and data on a wide range of topics.
For more information about our state publications depository, visit our online guide.
