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Black majority: Negroes in colonial South Carolina from 1670 through the Stono Rebellion

Wood, Peter H., 1943-

Year: 1975, c1974.

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Notes on the Text and a List of Footnote Abbreviations

Prologue: Small Beginnings

PART ONE: AFRICAN WORKERS IN THE CAROLINA LOWLANDS

I The Colony of a Colony

II Black Labor — White Rice

III "The Sovereign Ray of Health"

PART TWO: THE CHANGING FRONTIER

IV Black Pioneers

V "More Like a Negro Country"

VI Gullah Speech: The Roots of Black English

PART THREE: RISING TENSIONS

VII Growing Initiative Among Blacks

VIII Mounting Anxiety Among Whites

IX Runaways: Slaves Who Stole Themselves

PART FOUR: A COLONY IN CONFLICT

X Patterns of White Control

XI Patterns of Black Resistance

XII The Stono Rebellion and Its Consequences

Appendixes

Bibliographical Note

Index

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Title:

Black majority : Negroes in colonial South Carolina from 1670 through the Stono Rebellion Peter H. Wood.

Author:

Wood, Peter H., 1943-

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Black majority : Negroes in colonial South Carolina from 1670 through the Stono Rebellion Peter H. Wood.
Wood, Peter H., 1943-
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975, c1974.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00338

Subject Headings:

• Slavery -- South Carolina
• South Carolina -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Notes:

• Based on the author's thesis, Harvard, 1972.
• Electronic access restricted; authentication may be required

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