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Charles Pinckney. Charles Pinckney was born on October 25th of 1757. He was
born in Charleston, South Carolina to Col. Charles Pinckney. ...
Charles Pinckney. Biographical Information Ancestry: Charles Pinckney?s
ancestors arrived to America from England in 1692. Pinckney's ...
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was born on February
25th, 1746 at Charleston, the eldest son of a politically ...
... Eliza and her husband Charles Pinckney had three children together. Charles
was also a planter, a lawyer and a political leader. ...
... ships and in December 1796 refused to accept the new American minister to France,
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of South Carolina (a cousin of Charles Pinckney). ...
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Biographical Information
Ancestry:
Charles Pinckney’s ancestors arrived to America from England in 1692. Pinckney's great-grandfather, a wealthy English gentleman, quickly established an enduring base of political and economic power.
Parents:
Pinckney's father, Colonel Charles Pinckney was a rich planter and lawyer. He was a prominent South Carolina politician. He married Frances Brewton, the sister of Miles Brewton, a wealthy Charleston merchant and slave trader. During the United States Revolutionary War, Colonel Pinckney fled Charleston with South Carolina Governor John Rutledge, before the surrender of the city to the British. Rutledge intended to carry on a state government in exile in North Carolina. Colonel Pinckney however returned to Charleston and swore loyalty to the British authority, which allowed him to keep his property. This was unpopular among the revolutionary forces, and in February 1782, the South Carolina legislature voted a 12% amercement of Colonel Pinckney’s property to punish his switch of allegiance. On his death in 1782, he left his Snee Farm and other property to Charles Pinckney, his oldest surviving son.
Education:
Unlike his famous cousins-and fellow Patriots-Charles Cotesworth and Thomas Pinckney, Charles Pinckney was not educated abroad. Instead, his parents arranged for his private tutoring under the direction of a noted South Carolina scholar and author, Dr. David Oliphant. Oliphant was among those Enlightenment scholars who were successfully teaching their students a political philosophy that viewed government as a solemn social contract between the people and their sovereign, with each possessing certain inalienable rights that government was obliged to protect. If government failed to fulfill the contract, the people had a right to form a new government.
Career:
At the age of twenty-seven, Mr. Pinckney was elected a member of...
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