This bright era of happy revolutions
Subtitle: French Consul Michel-Ange-Bernard Mangourit and international republicanism in Charleston, 1792-1794
By: Robert J. Alderson, Jr.
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781570037450
Subjects: Mangourit, M.-A.-B. -- 1752-1829; Republicanism -- South Carolina -- History -- 18th century; South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865; South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Context, background, and connections; title: Genet; title: Mangourit; title: Intrigue in the holy city; title: "Opinion or dominion" : South Carolina divided; title: Slave revolt in Charleston; title: French privateers; title: Exporting revolution; title: "The most pure democracy"; title: Denouement : "all the pygmies of the Gironde"; title: Appendix A : founding members of the Republican Society of South Carolina; title: Appendix B : runaway slaves, September 1792-March 1794.