ColonistscamefasttothisCarolinalyingsouth。Barbadossentmany;
England，Scotland，andIrelandcontributedashare;therecameHuguenotsfromFrance，andacertainnumberofGermans。Intenyearsafterthefirstsettlingthepopulationnumberedtwelvehundred，andthispresentlydoubledandwentontoincrease。Theearlytimesweretakenupwiththewrestlewiththeforest，withtheIndians，withSpanishalarms，withincompetentgovernors，withtheLordsProprietaries’FundamentalConstitutions，andwiththerestrictionswhichEnglishNavigationLawsimposeduponEnglishcolonies。Whatgrainsandvegetablesandtobaccotheycouldgrow，whatcattleandswinetheycouldbreedandexport，preoccupiedthemindsofthesepioneerfarmers。TherewerestrugglingforgrowtharoughagricultureandahamperedtradewithBarbados，Virginia，andNewEngland——tradelikewisewiththebuccaneerswhoswarmedintheWestIndianwaters。
Fivehundredgoodreasonsallowed，andhadlongallowed，freebooterytoflourishinAmericanseas。Grossgovernmentalfaults，NavigationActs，andahundredpettyandgreatoppressions，generalpoverty，adventurousness，lawlessness，andsympathyofmishandledfolkwithlawlessness，allcombinedtokeepBrotheroftheCoast，Buccaneer，andFilibusteralive，andtheirshipsuponallseas。Manywerenoworsethansmugglers;otherswererobberswithviolence;andafewhadadashofthefiend。Allnationshadsonsinthebusiness。EnglandtothesouthinAmericahadjusttheraggedcoastline，withitsoff—lyingislandsandislets，likedbyallthisgentry，whethersmugglerorpirateoutright。Throughmuchoftheseventeenthcenturythesettlersontheseshoresneverviolentlydisapprovedofthepirate。Hewasoftena\"goodfellow。\"Hebroughtinneededarticleswithoutdues，andhadSpanishgoldinhispouch。Hewasshruggedoverandtradedwith。
HecameashoretoCharlesTown，andtheytradedwithhimthere。AtonetimeCharlesTowngotthenameof\"Rogue’sHarbor。\"Butthatwasnotforever，norindeed，asyearsarecounted，forlong。Betterandbetteremigrantsarrived，toaddtothegoodalreadythere。Thebettertypeprevailed，andgaveitstonetotheplace。Theresetin，ontheAshleyandCooperrivers，afairurbanlifethatyetpersists。
SouthCarolinawastryingtobaccoandwheat。ButinthelastyearsoftheseventeenthcenturyashiptouchingatCharlestonleftthereabagofMadagascarrice。Planted，itgaveincreasethatwasplantedagain。Suddenlyitwasfoundthatthiswasthecropforlow—lyingCarolina。Ricebecameherstaple，aswastobaccoofVirginia。