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Article: Money, Trade, and Power: The Evolution of Colonial South Carolina's Plantation Society
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- South Carolina Historical Magazine
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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Money, Trade, and Power: The Evolution of Colonial South Carolina's Plantation Society. Edited by Jack P. Greene, Rosemary Brana-Shute, and Randy J. Sparks. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2001. Pp. xiii, 400; $49.95, cloth.)
After decades of relative neglect, studies of colonial South Carolina and the Lower South region have flourished in recent years. In particular, we know a great deal more about African and Indian slaves due to the work of Philip Morgan, Ira Berlin, Alan Gallay, and others. The volume under review assembles articles from fifteen mostly younger scholars. Their insights on colonial South Carolina suggest that we will enjoy quality, sustained attention to ...