Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina

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colonial community historic settlement parish

Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina was a colonial-era settlement and parish in what is now South Carolina, known for its wealthy plantation society and influential political families.

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial community → historic settlement → parish →
adjacentTo	Cooper River →
country	Kingdom of Great Britain →
economy	indigo cultivation → plantation agriculture → rice cultivation →
governance	parish vestry and colonial assembly representation →
hasEthnicGroup	African Americans → English colonists → Native Americans in surrounding area → enslaved Africans →
hasNotableFamily	Broughton family → Bull family → Colleton family → Cordes family → Drayton family → Gadsden family → Gibbes family → Godfrey family → Harleston family → Izard family → Manigault family → Middleton family → Motte family → Porcher family → Rhett family → Sams family → Sarre family → Schenckingh family → Screven family → Simmons family →
hasNotableStructure	St. James Goose Creek Church →
historicalRegion	Lowcountry, South Carolina →
knownFor	early colonial political influence → influential political families → rice plantations → slave-based plantation economy → wealthy plantation society →
locatedIn	Province of South Carolina → Thirteen Colonies →
locatedInPresentDay	South Carolina →
locatedNear	Charleston, Province of South Carolina →
namedAfter	Goose Creek (stream) →
parishChurch	St. James Goose Creek Church →
partOf	Anglican parish system of South Carolina →
politicalAlignment	often at odds with proprietors in early colonial period →
politicalRole	power base for colonial elite → source of influential members of the Commons House of Assembly →
religion	Anglicanism →
timePeriod	18th century → late 17th century →
usedLaborSystem	chattel slavery → task system on rice plantations →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Henry Middleton →	birthPlace