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- Title
Black Southerners and the Great Sea Island Storm.
- Authors
Cimino, Eric C.
- Abstract
Caroline Grego's book, "Hurricane Jim Crow: How the Great Sea Island Storm of 1893 Shaped the Lowcountry South," explores the impact of a devastating hurricane on the African American population in the South Carolina Lowcountry. The storm, which killed thousands of people, provided an opportunity for the white elite to reassert their dominance and exploit Black residents. Grego examines the relief efforts of various organizations, including the white-dominated Charleston Relief Committee, the interracial Sea Island Relief Committee, and the American Red Cross. She highlights the political battles that took place during the relief efforts, as Black southerners and their former enslavers fought for their competing visions of a New South. The book contributes to the understanding of race, class, labor, power, and the environment during the Progressive Era.
- Subjects
OCEAN conditions (Weather); AMERICAN Red Cross; BLACK people; INTERRACIAL marriage; HURRICANES
- Publication
Journal of the Gilded Age & Progressive Era, 2023, Vol 22, Issue 4, p541
- ISSN
1537-7814
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1537781423000294