Honors College Theses
Publication Date
11-15-2022
Major
History (B.A.)
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (open access)
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Jeffrey Burson
Abstract
This project takes a look at an interwoven system of familial, religious, social, and economic ties known as the Protestant International. By analyzing genealogies, correspondence, business records, and transactions of the Mazyck Family from the early eighteenth century, it is seen that these international connections often led to the further material success of these families. This project also takes a look at how the Protestant International aided in shifting the vast majority of Huguenots’ identity from being religiously persecuted refugees to being wealthy merchants and planters who formed trade relations both domestically and internationally.
Recommended Citation
Gay, Garrett, "A Persecuted Minority to Wealthy Merchants and Planters: A Study of a Huguenot Family and Shifts in Identity" (2022). Honors College Theses. 804.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/honors-theses/804
Included in
European History Commons, Genealogy Commons, History of Religion Commons, United States History Commons
