Seed from Madagascar

by Duncan Clinch Heyward

Book Overview

Long before there were cobblestone streets along the Charleston battery, there was rice and there were slaves--the twin pillars upon which colonial Carolina wealth was built. But by the Civil War both began to crumble, along with the planter aristocracy they supported. Seed from Madagascar chronicles the linked tragedies of the prominent Heyward family and South Carolina's rice industry while underscoring the integral role African Americans...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872498948
• ISBN13: 9780872498945
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"