FREE Captain Henry Felder portrayed by Clarence Felder

For the 250th anniversary of America’s Revolutionary War – Chautauqua explores “Revolutionary Americans.” We celebrate those in the Carolinas who fought for freedom and those who continued to fight to make America a more perfect union. 

Captain Henry Felder – Brought from Switzerland as a boy, Felder settled in the South Carolina backcountry. To fight British tyranny in 1776, Felder wrote a Declaration of Separation from the English King and, along with his sons, led a militia company to fight “all for liberty.”