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Charleston Time Machine

By: Nic Butler Ph.D.
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  • Dr. Nic Butler, historian at the Charleston County Public Library, explores the less familiar corners of local history with stories that invite audiences to reflect on the enduring presence of the past in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
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Episodes
  • Episode 281: Surf Bathing at Sullivan's Island In the 19th Century

    Episode 281: Surf Bathing at Sullivan's Island In the 19th Century
    Apr 26 2024
    Frolicking in the ocean surf is today a familiar activity along South Carolina beaches, but recreational swimming was a novelty in centuries past. “Surf bathing” first achieved local popularity on Sullivan’s Island in the early 1800s, when the proprietors of oceanfront resorts began providing amenities like “bathing machines” to encourage shy swimmers. While the dearth of appropriate swimwear rendered skinny dipping a constant complaint, a rising tide of ocean tourism during the nineteenth century drew legions of Lowcountry residents and visitors to the island’s beautiful front beach.
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    32 mins
  • Episode 280: Cash and Credit in South Carolina before the U.S. Dollar

    Episode 280: Cash and Credit in South Carolina before the U.S. Dollar
    Apr 12 2024
    Have you ever wondered how South Carolinians paid for goods and services before the advent of the U.S. dollar? The pound sterling formed the basis of their accounts until the 1790s, but the economic realities of frontier life obliged early Carolinians to embrace monetary tools and strategies that deviated from British traditions. For more than a century, inhabitants of the Palmetto State used foreign coins, paper bills, promissory notes, and sophisticated credit schemes that fueled upward mobility and set the stage for the financial systems we use today.
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    30 mins
  • Episode 279: Phebe Fletcher: A ‘Magdalene’ in Revolutionary Charleston

    Episode 279: Phebe Fletcher: A ‘Magdalene’ in Revolutionary Charleston
    Mar 29 2024
    Phebe Fletcher was an intriguing woman of eighteenth-century Charleston whose unconventional lifestyle earned both derision and respect from her neighbors. Born to a respectable family of unknown origin, she was allegedly “seduced” from the bounds of traditional feminine “virtue” and obliged to associate with “vicious” persons, Black and White, to forge an independent career in a patriarchal society. She acquired a colorful reputation as a woman of dubious morals, but Charlestonians long remembered and praised the benevolent care she rendered to ailing soldiers during the American Revolution.
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    26 mins
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