384 



1705 



1783 



POPULATION. 



Population according to Hewit : white, 38,000; colored, 85,000; 

 total, 123,000. 



The war of independence being achieved, " multitudes from 

 Europe and the Eastern and Middle States of America moved into 

 South Carolina. " 



Such, in brief, were the various and numerous peoples who contributed 

 to the early colonization of South Carolina. The first permanent settle- 

 ment had for its motive the ambition of certain wealthy English noble- 

 men. In the hope of increasing their power and wealth, they offered 

 lands, transportation, and bounties to all adventurers ; offers not unac- 

 ceptable to the crowded populations of Europe, who had fallen heirs to 

 religious, social and political oppressions as their sole legacy. Afterwards 

 colonization was promoted by direct trade with England, by European 

 wars and persecutions, by military disasters in the Northern States, by 

 largesses offered to settlers by the local government, and last, but above 

 all, by the successful issue of the war of independence, which opened this 

 country to the oppressed of all nations. 



The following table shows the population of South Carolina and of the 

 United States for each census, from 1790 to 1880 : 



