• Charles Pinckney

    National Historic Site South Carolina

The Forgotten Founder

Charles Pinckney was a principal author and a signer of the United States Constitution. This remnant of his coastal plantation is preserved to tell the story of a "forgotten founder," his life of public service, the lives of enslaved African Americans on South Carolina Lowcountry plantations and their influences on Charles Pinckney.

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Portrait of Charles Pinckney, circa 1787

At age 29, Charles Pinckney was the second youngest delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, SC