The Carolinas Caribbean Connection: From Port Royal to Charles Town (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798248989690)

The Carolinas were never isolated colonies growing independently into American states. From their earliest foundations, they were shaped by Indigenous knowledge, African expertise, and Caribbean precedent.

In The Carolinas-Caribbean Connection, Saabir M.E. Bey traces the Atlantic pathways that bound Jamaica, Barbados, and South Carolina into a single plantation world. From Port Royal to Charles Town, this book reveals how empire, labor, governance, rebellion, and culture moved across water-reshaping both island and mainland.

Grounded in historical records and accessible scholarship, this work restores connections long minimized in traditional narratives. The Atlantic did not divide these regions-it carried them.

A powerful reexamination of Southern and Caribbean history through an Atlantic lens.