Erskine College Charter, 1850
The text of the Erskine College Charter
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Erskine College Charter, 1850Secondary Title
AN ACT TO CHARTER AND INCORPORATE ERSKINE COLLEGE, AT DUE WEST, IN ABBEVILLE DISTRICT.Description
The South Carolina State Assembly responded favorably to the Synod's request for a seminary charter in 1837. However, the Assembly declined to act four years later when Synod requested a charter for the new college. Two objections were raised: Legislators feared that Erskine would draw students and support away from the State college in Columbia, and sentiment ran strongly against chartering Christian denominational schools. Persistent petitions for a state charter finally prevailed and a charter was granted in 1850.Category
Erskine Founding, Erskine History