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Course Title: (HIS236) CROSSING THE COMBAHEE: SETTLING THE SOUTHERN PARISHES

This is an OLLI Digital Library recording and is available to view until May 31, 2026.

The lands south of the Charles Town colony remained unsettled and undeveloped for nearly 50 years after its founding. This course explores the forces, policies, and tensions that eventually opened the region south of the Edisto River to settlement, and how infrastructure was developed to accelerate and sustain communities on the southern frontier of the Thirteen Colonies. The Beaufort District's role in early revolutionary efforts will also be examined.

Course Pre-requisites
(required) OLLI Annual Membership

Course Information: HIS236

Schedule:

This is an OLLI Digital Library recording available to view from January 1 to May 31, 2026.

Times:

12:00am-12:00am EST

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Price:

OLLI Digital Library : $8.00

Course Notes:

This is an OLLI Digital Library recording available to view from January 1 to May 31, 2026.

Instructors

Name

Additional Resources

Rich Thomas

Biography: RICH THOMAS, Co-Chair of the South Carolina AmericanRevolution Sesquicentennial Commission's Committee for Beaufort District. He isalso the owner of Legacy Leadership and Legacy History Tours of the Lowcountry.Rich serves on the Lowcountry Civil War Roundtable and the Board of the Friendsof Honey Hill.

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