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From New Babylon to Eden
The Huguenots and Their Migration to Colonial South Carolina
Overview
A revealing account of the choices French immigrants faced as they settled in South Carolina
Recognition
Winner of the National Huguenot Society's 2007 Book of the Year award, 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. Placing the Carolina migration in the context of the larger Huguenot diaspora, Van Ruymbeke proffers an account that challenges accepted history.
Settlement and Society
Describing their settlement as a process of acculturation and creolization rather than simply assimilation, he contends that most of these French Calvinists sought to create their own churches but were thwarted by an Anglicized elite eager to dominate Anglo-Carolinian society. He also reveals that most members of the initial generation were only moderately prosperous and that it was their descendants who acquired the wealth often associated with lowcountry Huguenots.
Additional Content
A new foreword by Owen Stanwood and preface from the author consider the continuing significance of the book nearly twenty years after its original publication.
