From the collections of the South Carolina Historical Society 

 A 19th century street scene in front of Charleston Theatre. 



and North Carolina where manufacturing and 

 processing plants were thriving. 



After the turn of the century, the political at- 

 mosphere in South Carolina began to change. 

 Once a hardy advocate of nationalism and federal 

 power, South Carolina's populace began to cham- 

 pion state's rights. These feelings grew because 

 of the mounting anti-slavery movement in the 

 North and because of the increasing protective 

 tariff on cotton levied by the federal government. 

 Also, slavery proved inefficient to the manufac- 

 ture of cotton products in South Carolina and 

 Gulf ports for the shipping of the crop were 

 growing at Charleston's expense. Irate over the 

 tariff, the South Carolina legislature passed the 

 Nullification Act of 1832, declaring what it be- 

 lieved to be its sovereign right to declare null 

 any act of Congress found disagreeable to the 

 people. Although the tariff problem was settled 

 by a compromise in 1833, anti-federal feelings 

 continued to rise and became so intense that year 

 during the administration of Andrew Jackson that 

 there was almost an armed confrontation between 

 federal and South Carolina troops. 



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