TY - BOOK AU - Scarborough,William Kauffman ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The Allstons of Chicora Wood: wealth, honor, and gentility in the South Carolina lowcountry AV - F273.A6 S28 2011eb U1 - 975.7/03 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Baton Rouge PB - Louisiana State University Press KW - Allston, Robert F. W. KW - Alston family. KW - Plantation life KW - South Carolina KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Rice KW - Planting KW - 1775-1865 KW - Chicora Wood Plantation (S.C.) KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The early years : West Point and return to Carolina -- Politics and marriage, 1828-1840 -- Constructing a plantation empire -- Church and school : Robert Allston's religious and educational contributions -- Politics and family : Senate president, the Nashville Convention, and Ben at West Point, 1840-1855 -- Governor and the approach of Armageddon, 1856-1861 -- War and defeat : the deaths of James L. Petigru and Robert F.W. Allston, 1861-1865 -- Postbellum travails : Adele's school, return to Chicora Wood, Bessie as woman rice planter -- Appendix A. The Allston and Petigru families -- Appendix B. The Allston plantations -- Appendix C. The public career of Robert F.W. Allston; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10500318 ER -