Carolinas Caribbean Connection: From Port Royal to Charles Town

The Carolinas were never isolated colonies growing independently into American states. From their earliest foundations, they were shaped by Indigenous knowledge, African expertise, and Caribbean precedent.

In The Carolinas-Caribbean Connection, Saabir M.E. Bey traces the Atlantic pathways that bound Jamaica, Barbados, and South Carolina into a single plantation world. From Port Royal to Charles Town, this book reveals how empire, labor, governance, rebellion, and culture moved across water-reshaping both island and mainland.

Grounded in historical records and accessible scholarship, this work restores connections long minimized in traditional narratives. The Atlantic did not divide these regions-it carried them.

A powerful reexamination of Southern and Caribbean history through an Atlantic lens.