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Thomas Heyward Jr.

Name: Thomas Heyward Jr.
Uploaded: 2025-06-26T15:41:13+00:00
Duration: 1 min 21 s
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Description: Thomas Heyward Jr., a South Carolina planter and judge, signed the Declaration of Independence in his early 30s. The British captured and imprisoned him…

26 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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Thomas Heyward Jr., a South Carolina planter and judge, signed the Declaration of Independence in his early 30s. The British captured and imprisoned him in St. Augustine in 1780, making him one of five signers held captive. He later helped rebuild South Carolina and draft its first constitution.

Greetings.
I am Thomas Hayward, Jr.
Planter, judge and patriot.
Of South Carolina. I was young when I signed the Declaration of Independence, barely in my 30s. But I had seen enough of tyranny to know that justice.
True justice, demanded action.
Tyranny had no place in a land that called itself free. I signed for South Carolina, for my.
Neighbors, and for every soul who deserved.
A voice in their own government.
And I paid the price.
In 1780, the British captured me during the defense of Charleston. I was imprisoned in St. Augustine, taken from my family, my home and my land. But they could not.
Take my resolve.
I was one of only five signers of the Declaration to actually be imprisoned by the British.
And yet, like the others, I refused to recant, refused to bow.
Even behind bars. I upheld my pledge. And after the war, I returned to my land and to my duty. I helped rebuild a battered South Carolina, even composing the state's first constitution.
Remember this, friend.
Liberty survives.
Only when it is defended.
I signed, in a time of war, you must stand in a time of.
Peace so that freedom endures.