Sanctifying slavery and politics in South Carolina: the life of Reverend Alexander Garden, 1685-1756

"When Alexander Garden, a Scottish minister of the Church of England, arrived in South Carolina in 1720, he found a colony smoldering from the devastation of the Yamasee War and still suffering from economic upheaval, political factionalism, and rampant disease. It was also a colony turning ent...

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Main Author: Witzig, Fred E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia, South Carolina University of South Carolina Press [2018]
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"When Alexander Garden, a Scottish minister of the Church of England, arrived in South Carolina in 1720, he found a colony smoldering from the devastation of the Yamasee War and still suffering from economic upheaval, political factionalism, and rampant disease. It was also a colony turning enthusiastically toward plantation agriculture, made possible by African slave labor. In Sanctifying Slavery and Politics in South Carolina, the first published biography of Garden, Fred E. Witzig paints a vivid portrait of the religious leader and the South Carolina colony he helped shape"...
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xv, 235 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781611178456