From New Babylon to Eden

Description

"From New Babylon to Eden traces the persecution of Huguenots in France and the eventual immigration of a small bloc of the French Calvinist population to proprietary South Carolina. Once there, rather than isolate themselves as a separate religious and cultural enclave, they chose instead to integrate into the Southern strain of nascent Anglo-American society. Through intermarriage and adaptation to the new economic, religious, and political environment, Huguenots soon numbered among the most influential and successful colonists and have left a persevering legacy throughout Charleston and the lowcountry. In a volume devoted to the first generation of Carolina Huguenots, Bertrand Van Ruymbeke describes in detail their gradual transformation from French refugees to South Carolina planters."--Jacket.

Subjects

Series Statement

• The Carolina lowcountry and the Atlantic world

Other Editions

• From New Babylon to Eden: the Huguenots and their migration to colonial South CarolinaHardcoverUniversity of South Carolina Press2005-01-01
• From New Babylon To EdenHardcoverUniversity of South Carolina Press2006-02-28
• From New Babylon to Eden - the Huguenots and Their Migration to Colonial South CarolinaWiley & Sons, Limited, John2025-01-01