Sanctifying slavery and politics in South Carolina : the life of Reverend Alexander Garden, 1685-1756 /
Fred E. Witzig.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Birthplaces -- Acquaintances -- Friendship -- Dalliance -- Engagement -- Marriage -- Till death do us part.
"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"--
Church of England--Clergy--South Carolina--Charleston--Biography. Church of England.
To 1799
Slavery--History--South Carolina--18th century. Clergy. Politics and government. Slavery. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
South Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. South Carolina--Politics and government--To 1775. South Carolina. South Carolina--Charleston.