south carolina

Text and accompanying photographs recount the life and times of Robert Smalls, the first slave to become a widely known Civil War hero.

Although teachers, counselors, and social workers try to help, it is a stray cat that finally enables eleven-year-old Jordan to stand up to the father who has beaten her and her brother for years.

In 1670, soon after arriving in the Carolinas with a group of colonists from England, fifteen-year-old Christopher West befriends a young Sewee Indian, Asha-po, and learns some hard lessons about survival, slavery, and friendship.

A biography of a man born into slavery in South Carolina who became a master bridge builder and, during Reconstruction, served in the Alabama state legislature.

A biography of two sisters from a wealthy southern family who devoted their lives to the causes of abolition and women's rights.

A biography of Nikki Haley, the first woman and first nonwhite elected governor of South Carolina, discussing her family's life in Punjab, India, the hardships they had to face when they moved to America, the family business and Nikki's involvement, factors leading up to her run for office, and more.

Examines the mishandled murder case in South Carolina that left an innocent man facing execution for murder, twenty-three year-old, Edward Lee Elmore, a black man, was arrested after the body of a white widow was found, brutally beaten, in the closet of her home.

Ruth Ann Boatwright, a South Carolina bastard, tells her life with her family and the emotional and physical violence she experiences.

Nancy Mace chronicles the experiences she had as one of the first woman allowed to attend The Citadel and discusses how the male students reacted to her presence.

Describes the life of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, and the Indigo plantation she began in South Carolina, includes vocabulary words with definitions.