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voused at Plymouth, England, and sailing from that post, southern 

 reached Charleston in April, 1764. They were received °^^' * * ^ 

 with great kindness and hospitality. Vacant lands were 

 laid out for their use, grants of land were made to them 

 respectively by the Provincial Assembly, and means of 

 conveyance to their settlement were provided. They 

 named their new settlement New Bordeaux, after the 

 capital of the province in France whence most of them 

 came. They introduced in earnest the manufacture of 

 silk. The historian says of them: ^'They have been 

 distinguished for their industry and good morals. The 

 climate has agreed so well with them that they have gen- 

 erally enjoyed good health. The manufacture of silk is 

 still continued among them." They sent representatives 

 to the legislature, were able in public as well as private 

 affairs, and ranked among the first elements in the popu- 

 lation. 



Thus in her early days South Carolina proved indeed 

 an asylum for those of different nationalities who fled worthy 

 from tyranny and persecution. The results to the state ^'*"'°^ 

 were most beneficial ; while as for the colonies at large, 

 they owed much to South Carolina for the part she played 

 during the Revolution ; and the brave sons of Carolina 

 who engaged most notably in that memorable struggle 

 for human rights and liberty were those very French 

 Protestant families which had found welcome and shelter 

 within her territory. 



There was a certain period in the early days when the French and 

 French refugees were a source of controversy between the ^"^^^^ 

 proprietors and the people of English blood. The French 

 settlers were orderly, industrious, religious, in every way 

 exemplary citizens. Some of them had brought property 

 with them which enabled them to buy land and settle 

 with greater advantages than many of the poorer English 

 emigrants. They were, moreover, of a more cultivated 

 type, which did not make them more agreeable to their 

 neighbours. The result was that, while the French were 



