On the rim of the Caribbean colonial Georgia and the British Atlantic world /

Pressly, Paul M.

On the rim of the Caribbean colonial Georgia and the British Atlantic world / Paul M. Pressly. - Athens : University of Georgia Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The three Georgias -- Merging planting elites -- The West Indies, cornerstone of trade -- Savannah as a "Caribbean" town -- Merchants in a Creole society -- The slave trade in creating a Black Georgia -- The making of the Lowcountry plantation -- Georgia's rice and the Atlantic world -- Retailing the "baubles of Britain" -- The trade in deerskins and rum -- Nationalizing the Lowcountry.



9780820345802


Plantations--History--Georgia--18th century.


Electronic Books.

F289 / .O584 2013