From New Babylon to Eden: The Huguenots and Their Migration to Colonial South Carolina (Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World)
Description
From New Babylon to Eden traces the persecution of Huguenots in France and the eventual emigration of a small bloc of the French Calvinist population to colonial South Carolina. Once there, rather than isolate themselves as a separate religious enclave, they chose instead to integrate into the Southern strain of nascent Anglo-American society, dominated by slavery and the Church of England. Through intermarriage and adaptation to the new economic and political environment, Huguenots rapidly numbered among the most influential and successful colonists, leaving a persevering legacy throughout...
ISBN(s)
1570035830, 9781570035838
