The Public History Program at the University of South Carolina welcomes
comments on a new website, “Slavery at South Carolina College,
1801-1865: The Foundations of the University of South Carolina”:
http://library.sc.edu/digital/
American colleges and universities in recent years have been researching
… their historical connections to the institution of racial slavery, this
website is the first public acknowledgement of the role of slaves and
slavery at the antebellum college that became the University of South
Carolina. It was researched and created entirely by students, first in
an undergraduate history course and then in a graduate public history
seminar.