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In this innovative study of the South Carolina Low Country, author Stephanie McCurry explores the place of yeomanry in plantation society--the complex web of domestic and public relations within which they were enmeshed, and the contradictory politics of slave society by which these... read more
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Characters/People edit
- James Henry Hammond: Add a description of this character.
- William Elliott
- Baker
- Frederick Porcher
- Abner Ginn
- James Henley Thornwell
- Samuel K. Carrigan
- David Gavin
- Harper
- Lenore Kelly
- Sloan
- James Louis Petigru
- Mary Davis Brown Diary
- Steven Hahn
- John Townsend
- Smith
- Leach Carrigan
- John Kelly
- Robert Barnwell Rhett
- Eugene D. Genovese
- Palmer
- Willey Kelly
- Klein
- Hamilton
- Mclaughlin
- Alexander Lawton
- W. Norton
- Wright
- Coclanis
- Seth
- Hugh Legare
- Howe
- William Grayson
- Colleton
- Brookes
- Richard Fuller
Setting & Locations edit
- South Carolina Low Country
- Beaufort
- New York
- Charleston
- Bleser
- Darlington Flag
- S.c.
- Orangeburg
- America
- United States
- Nullification
- Columbia
- South Carolinians
- Washington
- Williamsburg
- Church Book
- Middle Country
- Fall Term
- Berkeley
- Northeast
- Camden
- Sales Book
- South Carolina Baptists
- South Carolina Upcountry
- Day Book
- Savannah
- Stampp
- St. Peter's Parish
- Georgia Upcountry
- Spartanburg
- Mechanicsville
- Ithaca
- Ransey
- Cambridge
- New England
- Louisiana
- Princeton
- Seaboard Slave States
- Philadelphia
- London
- Virginia
First Sentence edit
Sometime in the fall of 1855 near Adams Run in Colleton District, Ralph Elliott, the son of a very wealthy planter, and a yeoman neighbor named Price came to blows over Price's relationship to the slaves on Elliott's PonPon plantation.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stephanie McCurry (Author)
Awards edit
- Francis B. Simkins Award (1997)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › South Carolina
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 19th Century › Antebellum
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Gender Studies
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