Remaking Wormsloe Plantation: The Environmental History of a Lowcountry Landscape

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Remaking Wormsloe Plantation series editor Paul S. Sutter, University of Colorado advisory board Judith Carney, University of California–Los Angeles S. Max Edelson, University of Virginia Robbie Ethridge, University of Mississippi Ari Kelman, University of California–Davis Shepard Krech III, Brown University Tim Silver, Appalachian State University Mart Stewart, Western Washington University Remaking Wormsloe Plantation The Environmental History of a Lowcountry Landscape Drew A. Swanson The University of Georgia Press Athens and London Small passages of chapters 1, 2, and 3 were published in “Wormsloe’s Belly: The History of a Southern Plantation through Food,” Southern Cultures 15, no. 4 (Winter 2009).© 2011 by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 www.ugapress.org All rights reserved Set in Adobe Garamond by Graphic Composition, Inc. Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Printed in the United States of America 16 15 14 13 12 C 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Swanson, Drew A., 1979– Remaking Wormsloe Plantation : the environmental history of a Lowcountry landscape / Drew A. Swanson. p. cm. — (Environmental history and the American South) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-4177-4 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8203-4177-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Wormsloe Plantation Site (Ga.)—History. 2. Wormsloe Plantation Site (Ga.)—Environmental conditions. 3. Plantations—Georgia—Savannah Region—History. 4. Plantation life—Georgia—Savannah Region—History. 5. Landscapes—Georgia—Savannah Region—History. 6. Cultural landscapes—Georgia—Savannah Region—History. 7. Landscape changes—Georgia—Savannah Region—History. 8. Archaeology and history—Georgia—Savannah Region. 9. Excavations (Archaeology)—Georgia—Savannah Region. I. Title. F294.W6S93 2011 975.8'724—dc23 2011029992 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ISBN for this digital edition: 978-0-8203-4377-8 For Margaret and Ethan This page intentionally left blank ...