Making a slave state : political development in early South Carolina / Ryan A. Quintana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quintana, Ryan A. (Ryan Alexander), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Slavery.

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

Enslaved persons--South Carolina--Social conditions.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--South Carolina--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Social conditions.

History.

South Carolina--History.

South Carolina.

South Carolina--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

South Carolina--Race relations.

Race relations.

Human ecology.

Human geography.

Enslaved persons--Economic conditions.

Enslaved persons--Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 238 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Beginning in the early eighteenth century and moving through the post-War of 1812 internal improvements boom, Quintana highlights the surprising ways enslaved men and women sat at the center of South Carolina's earliest political development, materially producing the state's infrastructure and early governing practices, while also challenging and reshaping both through their day-to-day movements, from the mundane to the rebellious. Focusing on slaves' lives and labors, Quintana illuminates how black South Carolinians not only created the early state, but also established their own extralegal economic sites, social and cultural havens, and independent communities along South Carolina's roads, rivers, and canals"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The within enemy: slaves and the production of South Carolina's early state

The strength of this country: securing and rebuilding the state in the Revolutionary era

Their intentions were to ambuscade and surround me: the necessity of slave mobility

This negro thoroughfare: the meaning of black movement

With the labor of these slaves: producing the modern state.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469641065

1469641062

9781469642222

1469642220

OCLC:

1005113081