Title: Seas of gold, seas of cotton : Christophe Poulain DuBignon of Jekyll Island /
Authors: Keber, Martha L., 1949-
Publisher: University of Georgia Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: DuBignon, Christophe Poulain,; Plantation owners Georgia Jekyll Island Biography.; Merchants Georgia Jekyll Island Biography.; Merchants France Biography.; Nobility France Biography; Seafaring life History; Commerce History; Jekyll Island (Ga.) Social life and customs; Jekyll Island (Ga.) Social conditions; Jekyll Island (Ga.) Biography.
Abstract: "This biography of a man who flourished in two very different worlds opens a new doorway into the societies of prerevolutionary France and postrevolutionary Georgia. Christophe Poulain DuBignon (1739-1825) was the son of an impoverished Breton aristocrat. Breaking social convention to engage in trade, he began his long career first as a cabin boy in the navy of the French India Company and later as a sea captain and privateer. After retiring from the sea, DuBignon lived in France as a "bourgeois noble" with income from land, moneylending, and manufacturing."--Jacket.
Contents: Introduction -- TO THE SEA: Crossing the Line -- War and Shipwreck -- The Riches of Salomon --TO THE MANOR: A "Bourgeois Noble" -- "National Vertigo" --TO THE ISLANDS: -- The Sapelo Bubble -- Seas of Cotton -- Ties That Bind -- Denouement -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.