02285nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10500318 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110318s2011 lau sb 001 0ceng d 2011010145 9780807138434 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780807138458 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)756692234 n-us-sc F273.A6 S28 2011eb 975.7/03 22 Scarborough, William Kauffman. The Allstons of Chicora Wood [electronic resource] : wealth, honor, and gentility in the South Carolina lowcountry / William Kauffman Scarborough. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2011. xii, 204 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. The early years : West Point and return to Carolina -- Politics and marriage, 1828-1840 -- Constructing a plantation empire -- Church and school : Robert Allston's religious and educational contributions -- Politics and family : Senate president, the Nashville Convention, and Ben at West Point, 1840-1855 -- Governor and the approach of Armageddon, 1856-1861 -- War and defeat : the deaths of James L. Petigru and Robert F.W. Allston, 1861-1865 -- Postbellum travails : Adele's school, return to Chicora Wood, Bessie as woman rice planter -- Appendix A. The Allston and Petigru families -- Appendix B. The Allston plantations -- Appendix C. The public career of Robert F.W. Allston. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Allston, Robert F. W. (Robert Francis Withers), 1801-1864. Alston family. Plantation life South Carolina History 19th century. Rice Planting South Carolina History 19th century. South Carolina History 1775-1865. Chicora Wood Plantation (S.C.) Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10500318 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 241809 241809