Seed from Madagascar (Southern Classics) - Softcover

Heyward, Duncan Clinch

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0872498948 ISBN 13: 9780872498945

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, 1993

Synopsis

Long before there were cobblestone streets along the Charleston battery, there was rice and there were slaves―the twin pillars upon which colonial Carolina wealth was built. But by the Civil War both began to crumble, along with the planter aristocracy they supported. Seed from Madagascar chronicles the linked tragedies of the prominent Heyward family and South Carolina's rice industry while underscoring the integral role African Americans played in the fortunes of the planter class and the precious crop.

As much about race as about rice, Duncan Clinch Heyward's account describes the master-slave relationship, the planting and marketing of rice, and the changes wrought by the Civil War. Peter Coclanis's vivid introduction to this Southern Classics edition places Heyward's chronicle in its historical and cultural context, making Seed from Madagascar as important today as when it first appeared in the 1930s.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Insightful account of the tragic fall of South Carolina's rice industry and the role African Americans played in the prosperity of the planter class

About the Author:

Duncan Clinch Heyward (1864-1943) served as governor of South Carolina from 1903 to 1907.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0872498948
• ISBN 13: 9780872498945
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320