Patroons & Periaguas: Enslaved Watermen and Watercraft of the Lowcountry

by Lynn B. Harris

Patroons and Periaguas explores the intricately interwoven and colorful creole maritime legacy of Native Americans, Africans, enslaved and free African Americans, and Europeans who settled along the rivers and coastline near the bourgeoning colonial port city of Charleston, South Carolina.

Colonial South Carolina, from a European perspective, was a water-filled world where boatmen of diverse ethnicities adopted and adapted maritime...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161117385X
• ISBN13: 9781611173857
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"