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SUMTER

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 85 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SUMTER  , a

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city and the
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county-seat of Sumter county,
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South Carolina, U.S.A., 42 M. by
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rail E. by S. of
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Columbia . Pop . (1900) 5673 (316o negroes); (
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Toro) 8109 . Sumter is served by several divisions of the
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Atlantic
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Coast
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line and by the
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Southern
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railways . It is the seat of St
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Joseph's
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Academy (
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Roman
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Catholic) for girls . The region produces
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tobacco, vegetables and
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cotton, and there are various manufactories in the city . Sumter was founded in 1800 and was named in
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honour of
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General
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Thomas Sumter; it was first chartered as a city in 1887 .

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