Alexander Lucas Lofton: 1 book
Rice to Ruin
The Jonathan Lucas Family in South Carolina, 1783-1929
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
In the 1780s Jonathan Lucas, on a journey from his native England, shipwrecked near the Santee Delta of South Carolina, about forty miles north of Charleston. Lucas, the son of English mill owners and builders, found himself, fortuitously, near vast acres of swamp and marshland devoted to rice cultivation....
