William Henry Drayton: South Carolina Revolutionary PatriotLSU Press, 01.07.2001 - 358 Seiten In this exhaustive biography, Keith Krawczynski details the political and social career of William Henry Drayton (1742–1779), an ambitious, wealthy lowcountry planter and zealous patriot leader who was at the center of Revolutionary activity in South Carolina from 1774 until his death five years later. Considered the most effective Whig polemicist in the lower South, Drayton served on all his state’s important Revolutionary governing bodies, commanded a frigate of war, was elected chief justice in 1776, co-authored South Carolina’s 1778 constitution, and represented the state in the Continental Congress from 1778 until his demise. Although Drayton was a leading radical and the central figure of the American Revolution in South Carolina, historians have largely ignored his contributions. With William Henry Drayton, Krawczynski removes this fascinating man from the shadows of history. |
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2 | 21 |
Opposing Nonimportation | 40 |
Quarreling with the Kings | 67 |
40 | 84 |
Revolutionary Juggernaut | 120 |
Suppressing Backcountry Loyalism | 163 |
8 | 177 |
Pushing for Independence | 196 |
Preserving Independence | 227 |
Congressional Delegate | 281 |
Congressional Disharmony | 288 |
Requiem for a Revolutionary | 320 |
Bibliography | 327 |
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