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Louisa Carolina Colleton (Graves) (1763-1822) a Reversal of Fortune

EPISODE · Mar 23, 2026 · 13 MIN

Louisa Carolina Colleton (Graves) (1763-1822) a Reversal of Fortune

from Gilded Greats · host Don Schueler

Explore the dramatic life of Louisa Carolina Colleton (1763–1822) in this biographical podcast. Once heir to a vast South Carolina dynasty, Louisa survived pirate captures and the Revolutionary War's destruction of her family estate. Despite her status, her fortune was squandered by an extravagant husband and son. Drawing on her personal diaries and Kishanda Fulford’s The Spite of Fortune, this tells a moving tale of wealth lost to history.

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