Plain Folk of Color: Rural Free People of Color in the Antebellum Charleston District

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dc.contributor.advisorGleeson, David T.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPowers, Bernard E.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberTaylor, Kerry
dc.creatorDangerfield, David William
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-18T16:13:57Z
dc.date.available2016-10-18T16:13:57Z
dc.date.issued2014-08-18
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines rural free people of color and neighboring white plain folk in the antebellum Charleston District of South Carolina. Utilizing the population census, agricultural census, wills, and other materials, this discussion compares rural free people of color and white plain folk through their experiences in rural society and their economic prospects. In the end, free people of color’s many commonalities with their white neighbors break down the distinctions between the two groups and blur the barriers that have separated plain folk and free people of color historiography. While undoubtedly constrained by their race, but economically and socially similar to their non-elite white neighbors, Charleston’s rural free people of color merit their own place as plain folk of color.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCollege of Charleston. Graduate School; College of Charleston. Department of History; Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. Department of History.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3102
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectAmerican history; Ethnic studies; African Americans--South Carolina--Charleston--History; Freedmenen_US
dc.titlePlain Folk of Color: Rural Free People of Color in the Antebellum Charleston Districten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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