The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina

by Rowland, Lawrence S.; Moore, Alexander; Rogers, George C.

• ISBN13: 9781570030901
• ISBN10: 1570030901
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr

Summary

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

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii	(2)
Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	1	(6)
Chapter 1 American Indians in Beaufort County	7	(9)
Chapter 2 Window on the Atlantic: The Rise and Fall of Santa Elena, 1514-1618	16	(42)
Chapter 3 English, and Yemassee at Port Royal	58	(22)
Chapter 4 Settling the Southern Frontier	80	(15)
Chapter 5 Yamassee War	95	(16)
Settling the Indian Lands between the Combahee and Savannah Rivers	111	(17)
Chapter 7 Africans and Evangelists	128	(11)
Chapter 8 Beaufort and the Caribbean Cockpit	139	(22)
Chapter 9 Indigo Culture, 1750-1775	161	(14)
Chapter 10 Beaufort Economy on the Eve of the Revolution	175	(20)
Chapter 11 Beaufort Assembly of 1772	195	(7)
Chapter 12 American Revolution in the Beaufort District, 1775-1778	202	(13)
Chapter 13 American Revolution in the Beaufort District, 1779-1783	215	(39)
Chapter 14 Beaufort District and the New Nation	254	(23)
Chapter 15 Introduction of Sea Island Cotton to the Beaufort District, 1790-1829	277	(20)
Chapter 16 Upper St. Peter's Parish: The Last Frontier of the Beafort District	297	(16)
Chapter 17 Savannah River Rice Plantations, 1820-1860	313	(20)
Chapter 18 Nullification Crisis and the Rise of the Rhett Faction	333	(14)
Chapter 19 Beaufort District's African American Communities	347	(21)
Chapter 20 Beaufort District's Farmers and Planters in 1850	368	(28)
Chapter 21 The Mind of Antebellum Beaufort	396	(24)
Chapter 22 The Bluffton Movement and the Road to Secession	420	(23)
Chapter 23 The Battle of Port Royal Sound	443	(17)
Bibliography	460	(20)
Index	480