and the Trans-Neptunian Asteroid Belt. NEPTUNE: The Planet that was Discovered Before it Was Seen. Until near the end of the eighteenth century the realm of Saturn marked the frontier of interplanetary space. Perhaps no one had previously suspected the existence of planets beyond the boundary line of Saturn's orbit.
Slavery was especially common in the colony of south Carolina because. Slavery was especially common in the colony of south Carolina because it grew more corn and wheat than any other southern colony.
Like black musicians and singers, slaves who could read and write were considered esteemed members of the slave community. Concerned that literate slaves would forge passes or convince other slaves to revolt, Southern slaveholders generally opposed slave literacy. In 1740 South Carolina enacted another response to the events that occurred at Stono by passing one of the earliest laws prohibiting teaching a slave to read or write. In other parts of the South the mid-eighteenth century saw an expansion of earlier laws forbidding the education of slaves.