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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464310303321

Autore

Klein Rachel N.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©1990

ISBN

0-8078-3943-4

1-4696-0132-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Collana

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

Disciplina

975.7/02

Soggetti

Plantation owners - South Carolina - History - 18th century

Plantation owners - South Carolina - History - 19th century

Slavery - South Carolina - History - 18th century

Slavery - South Carolina - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

South Carolina Politics and government To 1775

South Carolina Politics and government 1775-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Maps and Tables; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Settling the Backcountry: The Emergence of the Planters; 2. Ordering the Backcountry; 3. Inland Civil War; 4. Containing the Revolution: 1782-1790; 5. Backcountry Republicans; 6. The Politics of Land; 7. The French Revolution in South Carolina; 8. The Political Unification of South Carolina; 9. Evangelical Revival and the Definition of Christian Stewardship; Conclusion: The Limits of Unification; Appendix 1. South Carolina Parishes, Districts, and Counties, 1767-1808

Appendix 2. Landholdings of People Accused of Crimes, 1767-1775Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y