Overview

By the Antebellum period, rice had dominated the local economic, political, and social patterns of South Carolina's Lowcountry for nearly two hundred years. This book explores the purpose of the social organizations as well as the moral, economic, cultural, and political challenges of the Georgetown rice planters. Within the protected confines of their organizations, planters felt safe discussing local and national politics, advancements to their educational system, and agricultural and livestock improvements to better compete with the Industrial North. The alliance of ""brothers of the soil"" helped solidify South Carolina's Lowcountry politically. The agricultural alliances of the region promoted Southern Nationalism and provided one pillar for Southerners to the American Civil War.

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Author:   Christopher C. Boyle
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.322kg
ISBN:  

9781476686264

ISBN 10:   1476686262
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   06 April 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: The Rise and Fall of the Georgetown Rice Culture One. Georgetown’s Response to Social, Moral and Economic Challenges Two. Georgetown’s Politicians and Media Promote Southern Nationalism Three. The Lifestyle of the Georgetown Planter Class During the Late Antebellum Era Four. The Winyah Indigo Society: From Inception to the Wilmot Proviso Five. The Winyah Indigo Society: Teaching Southern Nationalism Six. The Winyah Indigo Society in a Hall of Its Own Seven. The Hot and Hot Fish Club of All Saints Parish Eight. The Planters’ Club on the Pee Dee Nine. The Winyah and All Saints Agricultural Society from Inception to the Wilmot Proviso Ten. The Winyah and All Saints Agricultural Society from the Wilmot Proviso to Secession Appendix I: Rules of the Winyah Indigo Society Appendix II: Members’ Roll of the Hot and Hot Fish Club Appendix III: Roll of Deceased Members of the Hot and Hot Fish Club: 1860 Appendix IV: Rules of the Hot and Hot Fish Club Appendix V: The Members’ Roll of the Planters’ Club on the Pee Dee Appendix VI: Members Who Joined the Planters’ Club on the Pee Dee After 1839 Appendix VII: The Constitution of the Winyah and All Saints Agricultural Society Appendix VIII: The Members of the Winyah and All Saints Agricultural Society About the Author Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Christopher Boyle has very successfully answered the clarion call of the eminent historian, Thomas D. Clark, made many years ago that the history of the United States is [but] the sum total of the history of its myriad parts. . . the sanctity of historical truth must spring as much from the common womb of local history as from that of the whole nation.' Writing important and relevant local history is no small feat. And, Boyle has masterfully told the story of the development of southern nationalism in Georgetown, South Carolina, a cross roads of the intersection between local interests and partisanship and state and national developments propelling the sectional crisis. It is a well-written, well-researched, and well-conceived study that sheds important light on events that transcend the South Carolina low country. It is a very rewarding read. -Jason H. Silverman, retired, Ellison Capers Palmer, Jr. Professor of History, Winthrop University

“Christopher Boyle has very successfully answered the clarion call of the eminent historian, Thomas D. Clark, made many years ago that “the history of the United States is [but] the sum total of the history of its myriad parts. . . the sanctity of historical truth must spring as much from the common womb of local history as from that of the whole nation.’ Writing important and relevant local history is no small feat. And, Boyle has masterfully told the story of the development of southern nationalism in Georgetown, South Carolina, a cross roads of the intersection between local interests and partisanship and state and national developments propelling the sectional crisis. It is a well-written, well-researched, and well-conceived study that sheds important light on events that transcend the South Carolina low country. It is a very rewarding read.” —Jason H. Silverman, retired, Ellison Capers Palmer, Jr. Professor of History, Winthrop University

Author Information

Christopher C. Boyle is the international baccalaureate history teacher at Socastee High School in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and has been a part-time teaching associate at Coastal Carolina University for over 20 years. He has published two other books, a dozen or so articles in both scholarly and popular journals and serves on the board of directors at Mansfield Plantation and the Horry County Historical Society. He lives in Loris, South Carolina.

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