Christopher Gadsden and Henry Laurens: The parallel lives of two American patriots

Born within weeks of each other in colonial Charleston, Christopher Gadsden and Henry Laurens shared similar social and economic backgrounds and became close friends. This friendship deepened during the 1750s, as the two young men pursued similar social and intellectual interests and rose into the Charleston mercantile elite. In the early 1760s, however, this friendship was shaken by several serious local issues, which, coincidentally, marked the birth of the revolutionary movement in South Carolina. As the relationship between Great Britain and the colonies deteriorated during the 1760s and 1770s, so, too, did that between Gadsden and Laurens.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• McDonough, Daniel Joseph

Contributors dc:contributor

• Pruett, John H.

• Biography
• History, United States

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1990 McDonough, Daniel Joseph

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9114340
(UMI)AAI9114340

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23156