the original buildings on campus. The prisoners that built Clemson were almost all black, and over 500 of their names are recorded. South Carolina used more convict labor to build its universities than any other state.

Henry Aubrey Strode was the first president of Clemson from 1890 to 1893, hiring faculty and designing the curriculum. Edwin Craighead succeeded Strode in 1893. Clemson Agricultural College formally opened in July 1893 with an initial enrollment of 446. The common curriculum