Today on the Golden Circle we continue to explore the origins of Southern culture and identity. Especially, we take a look at the Barbadian cultural hearth which spawned the culture of the Lower South. Topics include: Excerpt from South Carolina and Barbados Connections: Selections from the South Carolina Historical Magazine; Three British colonial cultural hearths; Barbados as a model for the Lower South; Plantation system development in Barbados; Demographic transformation; Expansion to Jamaica and South Carolina; Barbadians in Carolina; Plantation system in Carolina.

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Also see: GC 43: Sugar Islands, Goose Creek Men & Carolina

H/T My Destination

Tags: babados, caribbean culture, carolina, lower south, slavery and sugar, southern culture, sugar plantations

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