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The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina v. 1; 1514-1861

The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina v. 1; 1514-1861

Vol. 1 : 1514-1861

by Alexander MooreLawrence S. Rowland and George C. Rogers Jr (Professor Emeritus of History, University of South Carolina, USA)
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/11/1996

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The complex, colorful history of South Carolina's southeastern corner

In the first volume of The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina, three distinguished historians of the Palmetto State recount more than three centuries of Spanish and French exploration, English and Huguenot agriculture, and African slave labor as they trace the history of one of North America's oldest European settlements. From the sixteenth-century forays of the Spaniards to the invasion of Union forces in 1861, Lawrence S. Rowland, Alexander Moore, and George C. Rogers, Jr., chronicle the settlement and development of the geographical region comprised of what is now Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, and part of Allendale counties.

The authors describe the ill-fated attempts of the Spanish and French to settle the Port Royal Sound area and the arrival of the British in 1663, which established the Beaufort District as the southern frontier of English North America. They tell of the region's bloody Indian Wars, participation in the American Revolution, and golden age of prosperity and influence following the introduction of Sea Island cotton.

In charting the approach of civil war, Rowland, Moore, and Rogers relate Beaufort District's decisive role in the Nullification Crisis and in the cultivation, by some of the district's native sons, of South Carolina's secessionist movement. Of particular interest, they profile the local African American, or Gullah, population - a community that has become well known for the retention of its African cultural and linguistic heritage.
ISBN:
9781570030901
9781570030901
Category:
History of the Americas
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-11-1996
Publisher:
University of South Carolina Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
592
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x48mm
Weight:
1.04kg

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