<figure><img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c23f6d4/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1200x668+0+0/resize/792x441!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fwltr%2Ffiles%2F201905%2FLarryWatson-crop.jpg" alt="Larry Watson"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>(Originally broadcast 02/17/17) - For the second lecture in this four-part series of <a href="http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/calendar/month">Conversations on South Carolina: The State and the New Nation, 1783-1828</a>. Dr. Larry Watson discusses slavery in South Carolina. Professor Watson is Associate Professor of History &amp; Adjunct Professor of History South Carolina State University and the University of South Carolina. He is author of numerous articles on African American life in the American South.This series of public conversations is sponsored by the <a href="http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/">College of Arts and Sciences and the Southern Studies Institute</a>.All Stations: Fri, May 17, 12 pm | News Stations: Sun, May 19, 4 pm

Conversations on S.C. History: The State & the New Nation - The Unification of the Slave State

From books to barbecue, and current events to Colonial history, historian and author Walter Edgar delves into the arts, culture, and history of South Carolina and the American South. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio.