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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Predicate Object
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