by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
Andrew Ferguson, a free Black man born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, made significant contributions as a Patriot during the Revolutionary War. Captured by the British as a teenager, he and his father rejected serving the enemy and joined the Continental Army under...
by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
He was a leader and left behind a lasting legacy in our state. Gideon Gibson was a mixed-race freedman born in 1721 who would grow up to change South Carolina law forever. His participation in the Regulator Movement, a vigilante movement that challenged the colonial...
by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
Jim Capers was a free Black American who was born on a plantation in South Carolina. Capers served in the Revolutionary War as a Drum Major in the 4th South Carolina Regiment. Capers’ vital role as a drum major aided communication between officers and soldiers, as the...
by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
Agrippa Hull was a soldier in Washington’s Continental Army and Battle of Eutaw Springs survivor. Born free as a biracial man in Massachusetts, he enlisted and served for 6 years in Washington’s Continental Army. As an orderly to General John Paterson, Hull survived...
by sc250v2 | Jan 28, 2026
Antigua was an enslaved African American man who risked his life by acting as a spy for the duration of the American Revolutionary War. Antigua was said to have been hired by the former governor of South Carolina, John Rutledge, to gather information on the movements...
