The Road to Secession in Antebellum Georgetown and Horry Districts

by Christopher C. Boyle, J. Benjamin Burroughs (Foreword by)

Overview

The road to secession in antebellum Georgetown and Horry Districts was long. Through the use of newspapers and public lectures, local leaders unified their communities against the Second Great Awakening reforms, industrialization, corporate model banks and abolition. The leading statesmen cast a bond of allegiance with the yeoman farmers of the pine forests against slave emancipation and changing economic models to forge Southern Nationalism. Planters and farmers joined forces in the struggle to maintain their agricultural traditions and their sense of identity in a rapidly changing world. Plantation historian Christopher C. Boyle explores the beginning of a critical era in Horry and Georgetown.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467138987
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	10/09/2017
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Christopher C. Boyle is a full-time social studies teacher at Socastee High School, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and a part-time teaching associate at Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina. Upon graduation from Coastal Carolina University with his bachelor's degree in history, he further studied history at Winthrop University, where he graduated in 1996 with his Master of Arts degree in American history.

Table of Contents

Foreword J. Benjamin Burroughs 9

Preface 13

Acknowledgements 15

Introduction. The Rise of Southern Nationalism in Antebellum Georgetown and Horry Districts, South Carolina 17

1 The Sons of Cavaliers and Puritans Form a Nation in the Western Hemisphere 27

2 Tariffs, Nullification and Southern Culture Under Assault 33

3 Southern Nationalism Taking Shape 48

4 Joshua John Ward and Robert F.W. Allston in Power 69

5 Robert F.W Allston and Plowden C J. Weston Forge Southern Nationalism 83

6 The Bonds of the Union Unknotted 96

Appendix I 1850 Agricultural Survey of All Saints Parish 105

Appendix II 1850 Agricultural Survey of Prince George Winyah Parish 107

Appendix III 1860 Agricultural Survey of All Saints Parish 109

Appendix IV 1860 Agricultural Survey of Prince George Winyah Parish 111

Appendix V Representatives in the General Assembly 113

Appendix VI South Carolina State Senators 117

Notes 119

Bibliography 129

Index 137

About the Author 143

Editorial Reviews

The road to secession in antebellum Georgetown and Horry Districts was long. Through the use of newspapers and public lectures, local leaders unified their communities against the Second Great Awakening reforms, industrialization, corporate model banks and abolition. The leading statesmen cast a bond of allegiance with the yeoman farmers of the pine forests against slave emancipation and changing economic models to forge Southern Nationalism. Planters and farmers joined forces in the struggle to maintain their agricultural traditions and their sense of identity in a rapidly changing world. Plantation historian Christopher C. Boyle explores the beginning of a critical era in Horry and Georgetown.

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