of robert and george mcduffy. who were senators from south carolina who in the 1830s advocated nullification of federal laws. by the states. they were the philosophical founders and promoters of the states rights movement. which led to succession. under the portraits there are war like eagles surrounded by 15 stars representing the 15 potential states of the confederacy. they hoped for. none of that of course came to pass. the people who planned this building in the 1850s, were very very ambitious. they intended a building that rivalled or betered the u.s. capitol. they hired the sculptor who was responsible for decorating the capitol in washington. henry brown carved in marble those images i have just mentioned. and planned for the pediment of the building an even more elaborate or symbolism of the political economy of this state. in the pediment of this building over the columns on the front, which of course faces north. henry brown planned images of slaves working in the rice and cotton. henry brown's skull chu

on the front of this building, the two portraits and only two of robert and george mcduffy who were senators from south carolina who, in the 1830s, advocated nullification of federal laws by the states. they were the philosophical founders and promoters of the state's rights movement, which ultimately led to secession. under their portraits are war-like eagles representing the 15 potential states of the confederacy that they hoped for. none of that, of course, came to pass. the people who planned this building in the 1850s were very, very ambition shouus. they hide away henry kirk brown, the sculptor who was responsible and carved in marble those images that i just mentioned and planned an even more elaborate symbolism of the political economy of the state. and the i mpediment of this building is slaves working in the rice and cotton. henry kirk brown's sculptor composition i find tremendously moving because it represented the will of the political elite on the one hand and the horrific servitude of slavery on the other hand. the figures were produced but were destroyed just as the political