Who was the mother country of South Carolina

I don't fully understand the question but if you're referring to colonial times then the answer would be England/Great Britain.

Explanation:

in 1859, brown and 21 of his followers attacked and occupied the federal arsenal in harper's ferry. their goal was to capture supplies and use them to arm a slave rebellion. brown was captured during the raid and later hanged, but not before becoming an anti-slavery icon. abolitionist and insurrectionist

explanation:

no one really purchased it themselves, it was all america, they had debates etc.