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Hello, and thanks for joining Revolution 250, where we look at events that took place 250 years ago this week.

This is from the American Revolution podcast, just a short bonus episode to remind you about these important anniversaries from the Revolutionary War. This week,

we remember the capture of Fort Johnson in South Carolina, which took place on September 15, 1775.

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Fort Johnson was first built in the early 1700s to protect Charleston Harbor.

Named after colonial governor, Nathaniel Johnson, it sits on James Island to the south of the harbor.

In 1759, during the Seven Years' War, the British substantially upgraded the fort.

The situation in South Carolina had grown increasingly tense over the course of 1775. The provincial Congress began

meeting in January in defiance of real Governor William Campbell, the Duke of Argyle. Campbell had been

appointed governor only in 1774, after serving in Nova Scotia before that, and he only arrived in South

Carolina in June of 1775.

When he got there, Campbell began coordinating with loyalists in the western part of the state,

and was also accused of arming slaves and Indians to assist in putting down the rebellion.

In August, the governor wrote to officials in London, seeking military support,

to enforce British rule in the colony. So the provincial Congress and the colonial governor

had been at odds for quite some time. In September, the Council of Safety ordered Colonel

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