Date of Award
Spring 5-2021
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Program
History
Department
History
Major Professor
Andrea Mosterman
Second Advisor
Marc Landry
Third Advisor
Gerald Bodet
Abstract
In general discussions and teachings about the American Colonies before the Revolution, South Carolina is often oversimplified. Students are presented with a picture portraying the beginnings of American slavery, with large, cash crop plantations being worked by enslaved Africans while the white owners of the enslaved reap the benefits and enjoy a life of relative ease and luxury in their plantation houses and in the city of Charleston. Even when this picture includes extreme measures the planter elite took to enjoy this lifestyle in the form of slave laws and punishments, the more indirect methods of suppression are often left out. Often excluded from the picture is the role the white settlers of the frontier had in the maintenance of this system. The inclusion of the Backcountry in this picture allows all to see just how extensive the efforts to maintain the wealth and power of the planter elite.
Recommended Citation
Naquin, Dillon A., "Colonial Development: The Importance of the Backcountry Frontier in the Protection and Preservation of Lowcountry Power in Colonial South Carolina, 1730-1769" (2021). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 2873.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2873
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