The latest (eighth) of Brian Hicks’ columns on local history deals with the Yamassee War.
“On Easter weekend 1715, Yamassee Indians attacked a number of isolated plantations around Port Royal, killing more than 100 settlers in a single day.
When word reached Charles Town, the colonists were both horrified and unsurprised. The tensions that led to the Yamassee War had been building for a long time.”
Read the Post & Courier column by clicking here
