Sanctifying slavery and politics in South Carolina :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the life of the Reverend Alexander Garden, 1685-1756 /
First Statement of Responsibility
Fred E. Witzig.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Columbia, South Carolina :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of South Carolina Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2018]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xv, 235 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Birthplaces -- Acquaintances -- Friendship -- Dalliance -- Engagement -- Marriage -- Till death do us part.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"When Alexander Garden, a Scottish minister of the Church of England, arrived in South Carolina in 1720, he found a colony smoldering from the devastation of the Yamasee War and still suffering from economic upheaval, political factionalism, and rampant disease. It was also a colony turning enthusiastically toward plantation agriculture, made possible by African slave labor. In Sanctifying Slavery and Politics in South Carolina, the first published biography of Garden, Fred E. Witzig paints a vivid portrait of the religious leader and the South Carolina colony he helped shape"--
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Title
Sanctifying slavery and politics in South Carolina.
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9781611178456
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Garden, Alexander,1686-1756.
Garden, Alexander,1686-1756.
Garden, Alexander,1686-1756.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Church of England-- South Carolina-- Charleston-- Clergy
Church of England.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Slavery-- South Carolina-- History-- 18th century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Social Activists.
Clergy.
HISTORY-- United States-- State & Local-- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Politics and government.
Slavery.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
South Carolina, History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.