Sanctifying slavery & politics in South Carolina : the life of Reverend Alexander Garden, 1685-1756 /
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 enthusiast...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Columbia :
University of South Carolina Press,
[2018]
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | xv, 235 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611178456 1611178452 |