{"product_id":"the-south-carolina-rice-plantation-j-h-easterby-9781570035692","title":"The South Carolina Rice Plantation: As Revealed in the Papers of Robert F.W. Allston","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic look at one of South Carolina's most influential antebellum dynasties and the institutions of slavery and plantation agriculture upon which it was built\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reissue of \u003ci\u003eThe South Carolina Rice Plantation as Revealed in the Papers of Robert F. W. Allston\u003c\/i\u003e makes available for a new generation of readers a firsthand look at one of South Carolina's most influential antebellum dynasties and the institutions of slavery and plantation agriculture upon which it was built. Often cited by historians, Robert F. W. Allston's letters, speeches, receipts, and ledger entries chronicle both the heyday of the rice industry and its precipitate crash during the Civil War. As Daniel C. Littlefield underscores in his introduction to the new edition, these papers are significant not only because of Allston's position at the apex of planter society but also because his views represented those of the rice planter elite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllston (1801-1864) owned or managed seven plantations along the Pee Dee and Waccamaw rivers, including Chicora Wood, Rose Bank, and Brookgreen, now known as Brookgreen Gardens. A Jeffersonian republican, he served in the South Carolina General Assembly from 1832 until he was elected governor in 1856. After his death in 1864, his daughter Elizabeth Allston Pringle continued the family's rice-growing activities and achieved personal renown as a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eA Woman Rice Planter.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection includes letters between Allston and his wife and children, correspondence with politicians, fiscal documents from the operation of his plantations, records related to the sale and care of slaves, and political speeches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert F. W. Allston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570035695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570035692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.88h x 6.06w x 1.27d","brand":"Robert F. W. Allston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985162666239,"sku":"9781570035692","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2470a8a3-88f5-41cd-87e5-73b03fb8d522.jpg?v=1683275920","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-south-carolina-rice-plantation-j-h-easterby-9781570035692","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}