THE SOUTH in the
Building of the Nation

HISTORY OF THE
SOUTHERN STATES
DESIGNED to RECORD the
SOUTH'S PART in the MAKING
of the AMERICAN NATION;
to PORTRAY the CHARACTER
and GENIUS, to CHRONICLE
the ACHIEVEMENTS and PROG
RESS and to ILLUSTRATE the
LIFE and TRADITIONS of the
SOUTHERN PEOPLE

VOLUME I

COMPLETE IN TWELVE VOLUMES

The SOUTHERN HISTORICAL
PUBLICATION SOCIETY
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

I-History of the States

JULIAN ALVIN CARROLL CHANDLER, Ph.D., LL.D. Professor of History, Richmond College

II-The Political History

FRANKLIN LAFAYETTE RILEY, A.M., Ph.D.
Professor of History, University of Mississippi

III-The Economic History

JAMES CURTIS BALLAGH, Ph.D., LL.D.
Associate Professor of American History
Johns Hopkins University

IV-The Literary and Intellectual Life

JOHN BELL HENNEMAN, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English Literature, University of the South

V-The Social Life

SAMUEL CHILES MITCHELL, Ph.D., LL.D., D.D. President of the University of South Carolina

VI-Biography

WALTER LYNWOOD FLEMING, A.M., Ph.D.
Professor of History, Louisiana State University