Today on the Golden Circle podcast we take a closer look at the very early history of the Southern colonies and why Englishmen left the West Indies at the height of the sugar boom to settle the South Carolina Lowcountry. The information herein is taken from the book South Carolina and Barbados Connections: Selections from the South Carolina Historical Magazine. Topic include: West Indian influence in colonial Carolina; Dominance of the Goose Creek Men; Reasons for migration to the mainland; Death rates in West Indies.

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Also see: GC 47: The Barbadian model & the Lower South

Tags: barbados, british caribbean, colonial south carolina, goose creek men, sc hsitory, sugar islands, west indies

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