Goose Creek Men political faction

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The Goose Creek Men political faction was a powerful group of early colonial elites in South Carolina who dominated the colony’s politics and trade through their wealth, landholdings, and influence.

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instanceOf colonial elite group
political faction
associatedWithEvent conflicts over the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
political struggles with dissenting factions in South Carolina
basedOn large landholdings
slave-based plantation economy
wealth from trade
country Colony of South Carolina
economicActivity cattle raising
rice planting
trade with Native Americans
ethnicComposition primarily English colonists
governedByLaw charter of the Province of Carolina
hadMember Arthur Middleton
James Moore Jr.
linked to: James Moore

James Moore Sr.
linked to: James Moore

Joseph Morton
Robert Daniel
William Rhett
historicalRegion Lowcountry South Carolina
influenced governance of the Province of Carolina
selection of colonial governors in South Carolina
knownFor controlling Indian trade
dominating colonial politics in South Carolina
involvement in the Indian slave trade
involvement in the deerskin trade
opposition to some Lords Proprietors policies
language English
legacy contributed to development of South Carolina’s slave society
helped entrench planter oligarchy in South Carolina
locatedIn British America
Goose Creek, South Carolina
Province of Carolina
opposedBy Dissenting faction in South Carolina
partOf early colonial society of South Carolina
politicalGoal maintain local control over colonial government
protect economic interests in Indian and slave trades
politicalOrientation proprietary elite
powerBase control of trade routes from Charleston into the interior
plantations along Goose Creek
religiousAffiliation Anglicanism
religiousPolicy support for establishment of the Church of England in South Carolina
socialClass planter elite
timePeriod early 18th century
late 17th century
usedLaborSystem African slavery
enslavement of Native Americans

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Bull family associatedWith Goose Creek Men political faction
Manigault family partOf Goose Creek Men political faction
Porcher family partOf Goose Creek Men (elite faction in colonial South Carolina)
linked to: Goose Creek Men political faction