Book
A social history of the Sea Islands: with special reference to St. Helena Island, South Carolina
University of North Carolina Press • Chapel Hill, N.c. • Published In 1930 • Pages:
By: Johnson, Guion Griffis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work presents a cultural and economic history of the Sea Islands of Georgia and South Carolina from the pre-revolutionary period (ca. 1525) up to the close of the reconstruction period following the American Civil War (ca. 1880). The primary focus of the study is on the island of St. Helena. Much of the information presented here represents the ante-bellum period of history and covers such topics as the special crops grown in the area -- rice, indigo, and especially cotton; slavery; the planters and the management of the large plantations; the federal occupation period during the Civil War; and the aftermath of the freeing of the slaves. Emphasis throughout this work is placed on cotton production and the use of slaves as a source of labor. Data on the Caucasian planters and the management of their plantations was not indexed for subjects.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Textile agriculture
- Slavery
- Congregations
- Organized ceremonial
- Occupational specialization
- Labor supply and employment
- Public welfare
- Production and supply
- Real property
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gullah Geechee
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1990-1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1682-1918
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- St. Helena Island and environs, South Carolina, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Guion Griffis Johnson
- Maps on lining papers
- The environs of St. Helena Island include Ladies and Edisto Islands, Hilton Head, the town and district of Beaufort, and the city of Charlestown. The sea islands of Georgia mentioned in the text include Barnwell, Butler, and St. Simon's Islands.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-227)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 30027933
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sea Islands/Gullahs