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The Civil War and Reconstruction was a pivotal era in American history.

When a war was fought to save the Union and to free the slaves,

and when the work to rebuild the nation after that war was over

turned into a struggle to guarantee liberty and justice for all Americans. I'm

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This week, episode 293, Isaac Hain.

Last week we discussed the efforts of the South Carolina

militia to keep the British and loyalists trapped in and around Charleston, South Carolina, denying them access to the rest of the state.

This week I want to take a look at an incident in British occupied Charleston around this same time, the summer of 1781, which became a major point of contention in the war.

Isaac Hain was a member of the South Carolina Planner class.

His family had lived in South Carolina for three generations,

and he owned a substantial plantation and other properties.

Born in 1745, Hain had shown relatively little interest in politics or the military before the revolution began.

He was connected to some of the most elite families in South Carolina. In 1765 he married Elizabeth Hudson, whose brother served in the Continental

Congress and later became Lieutenant Governor of the State.

Hain himself did serve briefly in South Carolina's Royal Assembly, beginning in 1770, but really didn't seem to take much interest in the debates of the day.

In 1777, Hain learned that he had been elected to the new General Assembly, even though he hadn't been aware he was under consideration.

Quite simply, he was more interested in running his plantation.

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