the life of Reverend Alexander Garden, 1685-1756Witzig, Fred E.creatorauthor.textbibliographybiographyBiography.History.Electronic books.scu2018monographiceng1 online resource"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"--Birthplaces -- Acquaintances -- Friendship -- Dalliance -- Engagement -- Marriage -- Till death do us part.Fred E. Witzig.Includes bibliographical references and index.n-us-scGarden, Alexander1686-1756Church of EnglandSouth CarolinaCharlestonClergyBiographyGarden, Alexander1686-1756Church of England.South CarolinaHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775South CarolinaPolitics and governmentTo 1775SlaverySouth CarolinaHistory18th centuryClergyPolitics and governmentSlaverySouth CarolinaSouth CarolinaCharlestonBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / HistoricalHISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) To 1799 fast F272975.7/02092 BWitzig, Fred E.Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2018](DLC) 2018004703978161117846316111784602018005446http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1632208http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1632208DLC18020520200709060556.0on1022084101eng