Rice gold
James Hamilton Couper and plantation life on the Georgia coast
by James E. Bagwell
"The son of an indentured servant, James Hamilton Couper became one of the most extraordinary of the South's antebellum planters. The owner of hundreds of slaves and numerous plantations along the Georgia coast, he was famed for his wealth, education, and personal heroism. A scientific agriculturist, he pioneered methods of crop rotation designed to suit the unique climate of the coastal region.
His crops of Sea Island cotton, rice, and sugar were constant laboratories for capitalist adaptation of science and technology to ever-increasing yields and profits. He was also famed for his paternalistic plantation management, contributions to Georgia's political life, archaeology, and architectural design. When the Pulaski sank, he added heroism and life-saving to his reputation."--BOOK JACKET.
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Rice farmers, Plantation owners, History, Agriculture, Biography, Plantation lifePlaces
Glynn County, Glynn County (Ga.), Atlantic Coast, GeorgiaTimes
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Rice gold: James Hamilton Couper and plantation life on the Georgia coast
2000, Mercer University Press
in English
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0865546517 9780865546516
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-188) and index.
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