Title: From New Babylon To Eden
Description: "From New Babylon to Eden traces the persecution of Huguenots in France and the eventual immigration of a small bloc of the French Calvinist population to proprietary South Carolina. Once there, rather than isolate themselves as a separate religious and cultural enclave, they chose instead to integrate into the Southern strain of nascent Anglo-American society. Through intermarriage and adaptation to the new economic, religious, and political environment, Huguenots soon numbered among the most influential and successful colonists and have left a persevering legacy throughout Charleston and the lowcountry.

In a volume devoted to the first generation of Carolina Huguenots, Bertrand Van Ruymbeke describes in detail their gradual transformation from French refugees to South Carolina planters."--Jacket.
Subjects: Ethnic relations, History, Huguenots, Migrations, Religious life and customs, South carolina, history, Hugenoten, Emigratie, Hugenotten, Ethnische Identität, Migration, Rassenbeziehung
Places: South Carolina
Time periods: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775