The South Carolina Rice Plantation - As Revealed in the Papers of Robert F.W. Allston

A firsthand look at one of South Carolina's most influential antebellum dynasties and the institutions of slavery and plantation agriculture upon which it was built. , Robert F. W. Allston's letters, speeches, receipts, and ledger entries chronicle both the heyday of the rice industry and its precipitate crash during the Civil War.

About the author

Daniel C. Littlefield received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University. A Carolina Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, Littlefield previously taught at several other institutions, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Louisiana State University. The author of Revolutionary Citizens: African Americans, 1776-1804 and Rice and Slaves: Ethnicity and the Slave Trade in Colonial South Carolina, Littlefield resides in Columbia.

Summary

A firsthand look at one of South Carolina's most influential antebellum dynasties and the institutions of slavery and plantation agriculture upon which it was built. , Robert F. W. Allston's letters, speeches, receipts, and ledger entries chronicle both the heyday of the rice industry and its precipitate crash during the Civil War.

Product details

• Authors: Robert F W Allston, Robert F. W. Allston
• Assisted by: J H Easterby (Editor), J. H. Easterby (Editor), J.H. Easterby (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of South Carolina Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2004
• EAN: 9781570035692
• ISBN: 978-1-57003-569-2
• No. of pages: 532
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 232 mm x 42 mm
• Weight: 800 g
• Series: Southern Classics (Univ of Sou; Southern Classics
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous