Conceiving Carolina. Roper, Planters, and plots, 1662-1729 : proprietors, planters, and plots, 1662-1729

L. H. Roper's Innovative Study Provides A Transatlantic Analysis Of The Origins Of American Colonial Societies Through The Instructive Case Of South Carolina. The Work Provides The Clearest Examination Of The Early History Of This Important Colony Yet Available. In Addition, It Features Exhaustive Primary Research That Sheds New Light On How The Colony's Particular Dependence On Race-based Slavery Evolved, Demonstrating The Volatile Tension Between The Political Culture Inherited From The Old World And Local Interests In The Indian Slave Trade. Conceiving Carolina Is An Important Scholarly Contribution To The History Of The Early American Colonies And The Atlantic World.--jacket. 1. Genesis -- 2. Blueprint -- 3. Birthpangs -- 4. The Rise Of The Goose Creek Men -- 5. Plots -- 6. Stuarts Town -- 7. Treachery -- 8. Tests -- 9. Consternation -- 10. Conclusion. L.h. Roper. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [161]-207) And Index. Written from a transatlantic perspective and based largely on primary sources, Conceiving Carolina provides the first systematic treatment of the colonization of South Carolina in over a century. It argues that the political culture that developed in the colony amounted to an extension of the political life in early modern England. Provincial politics, in turn, shaped social developments, notably the emergence of a slave society. Thus, the book calls into question the notion of the inherent distinction and modernity of colonial British America. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 Prologue......Page 24 1 Genesis......Page 30 2 Blueprint......Page 38 3 Birthpangs......Page 50 4 The Rise of the Goose Creek Men......Page 60 5 Plots......Page 78 6 Stuarts Town......Page 92 7 Treachery......Page 104 8 Tests......Page 126 9 Consternation......Page 142 10 Conclusions......Page 152 Abbreviations......Page 168 Notes......Page 170 B......Page 218 E......Page 219 K......Page 220 P......Page 221 S......Page 222 Y......Page 223