Unification of a slave state : the rise of the planter class in the South Carolina backcountry, 1760-1808 / Rachel N. Klein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klein, Rachel N., author.

Series:

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plantation owners--South Carolina--History--18th century.

Plantation owners.

Plantation owners--South Carolina--History--19th century.

Slavery--South Carolina--History--18th century.

Slavery.

Slavery--South Carolina--History--19th century.

South Carolina--Politics and government--To 1775.

South Carolina.

South Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] ; London, [England] : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [1990]

Summary:

Klein (history, U. of California, San Diego) describes the transformation of South Carolina from a colony rent by sectional conflict into a state dominated by the South's most unified and politically powerful planter leadership, showing how a deep commitment to slavery enabled leaders to define the terms of political and ideological compromise. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

Settling the backcountry: the emergence of the planters

Ordering the backcountry

Inland civil war

Containing the Revolution, 1782-1790

Backcountry Republicans

The politics of land

The French Revolution in South Carolina

The political unification of South Carolina

Evangelical revival and the definition of Christian stewardship.

Notes:

"This book began as a dissertation"--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908866-9-9

979-88-908867-0-5

0-8078-3943-4

1-4696-0132-X

OCLC:

966898494