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A History of Mental Health
in South Carolina
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Early Laws dealing with the Mentally Ill
• 1694 – Lord Proprietors declared that the mentally ill should be cared for by local governments.
• 1751 – SC Colonial government required masters or local governments to care for slaves with mental illnesses.
• 1762 – Fellowship Society of Charleston built a hospital for the mentally ill.
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Creation of the Lunatic Asylum
• 1821 – Colonel Samuel Farrow (Representative from Spartanburg County) and Major William Crafts (Senator from Charleston County) pushed a bill that provided $30,000 to build the SC Lunatic Asylum.
• Robert Mills was chosen to design the asylum
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Colonel
Samuel
Farrow
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Major Willia
m Crafts
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Creation of the Lunatic Asylum
• 1822 – Cornerstone was laid for the Asylum. Construction was completed in 1828.
• The Asylum had fire-proof ceilings, a central heating system, and a roof garden.
• The first patient was a young woman from Barnwell County.
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1830 Lunatic Asylum
Commissioner’s Report
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1842 Report
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