
To which side does that line belong? Not everyone accepted these boundaries. That illusive line which humans draw to set one apart from another contains in itself an existence. This action set the stage for what eventually became state number 8, South Carolina in 1788 and state number 12, North Carolina in 1789.īoundaries have always been used to separate and segregate. Sixty six years later in 1729, the southern region of Carolina separated and became its own colony, hence, South Carolina.

This lush, fertile homeland to the Tuscarora, Waccamaw, Cheraw, Yamasee, Catawba, Saponi, Occaneechi, and Mattamuskeet Indians would now have to be shared, forcibly and violently (on the part of the colonists) with the original inhabitants. In 1663, the province of Carolina was created and spanned the region in between Virginia to Florida.
