EPISODE · Jan 23, 2026 · 32 MIN
Episode 314: Lord William Campbell, Sarah Izard, and their Carolina Connection, Part 1
from Charleston Time Machine · host Nic Butler, Ph.D.
In the late winter of 1763, a young British officer sailed into Charleston Harbor aboard a warship assigned to protect the trade of a flourishing colony. Weeks later, Captain Lord William Campbell married a local heiress, Sarah Izard, and became invested in the slave-owning community. Their hasty union marked the beginning of a longer saga that culminated, twelve years later, with the unraveling of British authority in the province of South Carolina.
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In the late winter of 1763, a young British officer sailed into Charleston Harbor aboard a warship assigned to protect the trade of a flourishing colony. Weeks later, Captain Lord William Campbell married a local heiress, Sarah Izard, and became invested in the slave-owning community. Their hasty union marked the beginning of a longer saga that culminated, twelve years later, with the unraveling of British authority in the province of South Carolina.
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Episode 314: Lord William Campbell, Sarah Izard, and their Carolina Connection, Part 1
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