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On the Plantation: A Story of a Georgia Boy's Adventures During the War
“First published in 1892, ON THE PLANTATION is the most autobiographical of Harris's works and includes extensive examples of his renderings of the African American Geechee dialect.”
Plantation Experiences of a New York Woman, Part 1
“Letters to the author's parents in New York, 1853-1867, from Greene County, NC, and Ware County, GA, includes six wartime communications.”
Plantation Experiences of a New York Woman, Part 2
“Letters to the author's parents in New York, 1853-1867, from Greene County, NC, and Ware County, GA, includes six wartime communications.”
Plantation Lessee Problems In 1864
“May 2, 1864. Lower Mississippi Valley. A professor at the University of Michigan was one of a group of investors attracted by the proposition of raising cotton on the occupied plantations along the Mississippi River, south of Vicksburg. This letter…
Plantation Life Before the War
“1861-1865. Hinds County, Mississippi. A general memory of the style and grace of the South.”
Plantation Life in the Sixties
“1861-1865. Western North Carolina. A young wife shares her memories of the war years in “the valley of the Tucakaseega River.” In Jackson County, North Carolina.”
