Remembering Columbia

Remembering Columbia
by John M. Sherrer III / / / EPUB


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Columbia, South Carolina, is very much a tale of two cities. Founded as a political compromise, forged by an economy shackled by slavery, and physically vanquished by fire, the Palmetto States second capital became a proving ground for a new society less than a century after its establishment. During the course of the next 100 years, Columbiansnew and old, black and white, rich and poorwould physically transform their city in ways that reflected their needs, aspirations, fears, and wherewithal.

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