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Lockley, Timothy James (2005) Rural poor relief in colonial South Carolina. Historical Journal , Vol.48 (No.4). pp. 955-976. doi:10.1017/S0018246X05004875 ISSN 0018-246X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X05004875
Abstract
This article explores the rural poor relief system of colonial South Carolina. It finds that
poor relief was substantially more generous and more readily available in rural areas of South Carolina than
elsewhere in British North America, or indeed in the entire Anglophone world. It suggests that this was
because elite vestrymen had deep-seated concerns about the position of the white poor in a society that
was dominated by African slavery. Generous relief of adult paupers was therefore a public demonstration of
the privileges of race to which all whites were entitled. Elites in rural South Carolina also made considerable
efforts to provide a free education for pauper children that would inculcate industry and usefulness among
those who might become future public burdens. The serious attention paid to the situation of the white poor in
colonial South Carolina was therefore part of an effort to ensure the unity of white society by overcoming the
divisions of class.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | E History America > E151 United States (General) H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History > Comparative American Studies Faculty of Arts > History |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Public welfare -- South Carolina -- History, South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Historical Journal | ||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0018-246X | ||||
Official Date: | 2005 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.48 | ||||
Number: | No.4 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 955-976 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0018246X05004875 | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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