The Carolinas & Southern Colonies

The sources in this section cover the Carolina colonies mostly the current states of North and South Carolina and Georgia and are more focused on business and economic topics. Books that cover the history of the state will provide a broader perspective, but also include discussions that are trade, industry, and economic in nature. It might be important to also search on the names of prominent men and families, particularly if they played and outsized role in the economy and history of the city or state. The following materials link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to digital content are provided when available.

The Carolinas

Money, Trade and Power by Jack P. Greene (Editor); Rosemary Brana-Shute (Editor); Randy J. Sparks (Editor)
Call Number: HC107.S7 M56 2001
ISBN: 1570033749
Published/Created: 2001-03-01
The first six chapters of this collection of essays focus on the formative decades of South Carolina's history, from 1670 through the 1730s. There is attention to the colony's reliance on slave labor and how an emerging elite asserted their new status.
The Carolina Pirates and Colonial Commerce, 1670-1740 by Shirley Carter Hughson
Call Number: H31 .J6 vol. 12
Published/Created: 1894
The author considers the rise of pirates, how they were regarded by both colonists and English authorities, how they affected the life and commerce of the places where they operated on the coast of the Carolina colonies, and how they were eradicated. Originally published as one of the Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science (12th series V-VI-VII). Reprints of these titles were published in 1971 and 1973. An additional copy can be found at HF3025 .H8.

Southern Colonies

The Colonial Agents of the Southern Colonies by Ella Lonn
Call Number: F212 .L6
Published/Created: 1945
This book provides a detailed look at the role of colonial agents in London who represented the interests of the colony. It looks at the beginning and early development, as well as the duties, personnel, financial burdens, cooperation between agents and merchants, annoyances, and success/failures. It does include several appendixes including a list of Agents.
History of Agriculture in the Southern United States to 1860 by L. C. Gray
Call Number: HD1773.A5 G73 1973
Published/Created: 1973
Available online from Hathi Trust External
This book look at the history of agriculture in the southern United States that began with the planting of the first crops by English colonists in Virginia in 1586, and moves onwards to look at the farmers that made their way by experiments along economic, biological and physical lines. It is mostly presented by commodity but does look at cotton, tobacco, general crops, and livestock. There are a number of really good statistical tables looking at numbers, prices, etc.
Informed Power by Alejandra Dubcovsky
Call Number: P92.U6 D83 2016
ISBN: 9780674660182
Published/Created: 2016-04-04
This book explores how people in the southern colonies came into possession of vital knowledge when there was no regular mail delivery system and covers the period before 1740s. The book begins with looking at the 16th and 17th centuries, focusing primarily on the situation in Florida. It moves on to look at oral networks such as scouts, traders, missionaries, and others. Lastly, it looks at war years and the years following before printing presses were brought to the region.
Journal of the American Revolution
Call Number: E208 .J68
Life in the Southern Colonies. Journal of the American Revolution, 2013.
Part 1, January 23, 2013 External
Part 2, January 20, 2013 External
Part 3, February 6, 2013 External

This is a three part series by David Lee Russell that looks at the southern colonies at the time of the Revolution, with a focus on their development up to that point.
On the Rim of the Caribbean by Paul M. Pressly
Call Number: F289 .P74 2013
ISBN: 9780820335674
Published/Created: 2013-03-01
This title looks at Georgia and its role in the Caribbean and Atlantic economies.
The three Georgias -- Merging planting elites -- The West Indies, cornerstone of trade -- Savannah as a "Caribbean" town -- Merchants in a Creole society -- The slave trade in creating a Black Georgia -- The making of the Lowcountry plantation -- Georgia's rice and the Atlantic world -- Retailing the "baubles of Britain" -- The trade in deerskins and rum -- Nationalizing the Lowcountry.

Colonies in America: Commerce, Business, and the Economy

The Carolinas & Southern Colonies

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