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Photographer: Anna Inbody
Taken: October 2, 2011
Caption: Picture on the marker
Additional Description: Charleston, S. C. in 1780

The British housed some American prisoners in Charleston’s Exchange Building. One of the captives confined there, Colonel Isaac Hayne of the South Carolina militia, had taken an oath of allegiance to Britain. However, as the South Carolina Royal Gazette reported, he was later captured “in arms … at the Head of a Rebel Regiment.” He was tried by military tribunal and hanged “as a Traitor” on August 4, 1781. Exchange Building, Charles Town, 1780. Courtesy of South Carolina Historical Society.
Submitted: November 3, 2011, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p179306
File Size: 0.668 Megabytes

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