Abstract
ABSTRACT South Carolina’s antebellum upcountry was home to a group of free black farmers who achieved meaningful degrees of economic security and whose lives mirrored those of some of their white neighbours in ways that challenged the boundary between race and class. Though just a segment of rural free people of colour, these farmers more closely resembled non-elite whites than they did the enslaved, and represent an important dimension within South Carolina’s free black population. This essay examines these farmers, explores how they emerged, evaluates their farm strategies, and provides a detailed study of their precise economic status in South Carolina’s upcountry.
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