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The Invisible Influence: How Women And Enslaved People Shaped Colonial South Carolina, Abigail Doyle
The Invisible Influence: How Women And Enslaved People Shaped Colonial South Carolina, Abigail Doyle
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Colonial American studies often focus on the movements, actions and influences of white males and while their actions are significant to understanding the past, it leads to a one-sided view of history. In the colony of South Carolina, women and people of color were important figures that influenced society and made a lasting impact for future generations. Ann Drayton and Eliza Lucas Pinckney both became female planters in the absence of male figures in their life and thrived in their roles. Drayton and Lucas-Pinckney were legitimate agents of colonization and slavery. Quash/John Williams, who was a former slave of Eliza …