From New Babylon to Eden
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From New Babylon to Eden

The Huguenots and Their Migration to Colonial South Carolina

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From New Babylon to Eden

The Huguenots and Their Migration to Colonial South Carolina

About this book

A revealing account of the choices French immigrants faced as they settled in South Carolina

Winner of the National Huguenot Society's 2007 Book of the Year award, 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. Placing the Carolina migration in the context of the larger Huguenot diaspora, Van Ruymbeke proffers an account that challenges accepted history. Describing their settlement as a process of acculturation and creolization rather than simply assimilation, he contends that most of these French Calvinists sought to create their own churches but were thwarted by an Anglicized elite eager to dominate Anglo-Carolinian society. He also reveals that most members of the initial generation were only moderately prosperous and that it was their descendants who acquired the wealth often associated with lowcountry Huguenots. A new foreword by Owen Stanwood and preface from the author consider the continuing significance of the book nearly twenty years after its original publication.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. From NEW BABYLON to EDEN
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. CONTENTS
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Introduction
  12. Prologue: The Huguenots and the American Southeast before 1660
  13. Chapter 1 East of Eden: New Babylon
  14. Chapter 2 The Carolina Proprietors and the Recruitment of Huguenots: Mercantilism and the Protestant Cause
  15. Chapter 3 From New Babylon to Eden: The Saga of the South Carolina Huguenots
  16. Chapter 4 The South Carolina Huguenots: A Migration Profile
  17. Chapter 5 The Founding Era: Carolina Huguenot Religious Life before 1700
  18. Chapter 6 Protestant Majority: The Carolina Huguenots and the Church of England
  19. Chapter 7 Naturalization and Representation: The Huguenots and Early Carolina Politics
  20. Chapter 8 Land, Trade, and Slaves: From Rags to Riches in Colonial South Carolina
  21. Epilogue: Beyond the Myth—The Legacy of the South Carolina Huguenots
  22. Appendix: Huguenot Refugees in Proprietary South Carolina (1680–1718)
  23. Notes
  24. Sources and Bibliography
  25. Index