The wealth, honor, and gentility in the South Carolina lowcountry Scarborough, William Kauffman. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography biography Electronic books. lau Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 2011 monographic eng

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xii, 204 p. 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. William Kauffman Scarborough. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. n-us-sc 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.) F273.A6 S28 2011eb 975.7/03 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10500318 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10500318 CaPaEBR 110318 ebr10500318