A history of North Carolina in the proprietary era, 1629-1729 /:

"In this book, Lindley S. Butler traverses oft-noted but little understood events in the political and social establishment of the Carolina colony. In the wake of the English Civil Wars in the mid-seventeenth century, King Charles II granted charters to eight Lords Proprietors to establish civi...

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Main Author: Butler, Lindley S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"In this book, Lindley S. Butler traverses oft-noted but little understood events in the political and social establishment of the Carolina colony. In the wake of the English Civil Wars in the mid-seventeenth century, King Charles II granted charters to eight Lords Proprietors to establish civil structures, levy duties and taxes, and develop a vast tract of land along the southeastern Atlantic coast. Butler argues that unlike the New England theocracies and Chesapeake plantocracy, the isolated colonial settlements of the Albemarle--the cradle of today's North Carolina--saw their power originate neither in the authority of the church nor in wealth extracted through slave labor, but rather in institutions that emphasized political, legal, and religious freedom for white male landholders"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 450 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [411]-430) and index.
ISBN:9781469667584
1469667584
9781469667577
1469667576
9798890854537

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