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Documents Relating to El Destino and Chemonie Plantations, Middle Florida, 1828-1868. Part I
My Childhood Recollections of the War“1861-1865. Virginia. The war years as recalled by a woman who was five years of age when the conflict began.”
Missouri History Not Found in Textbooks: Sale of Slaves at Columbia in 1864
Old Louisiana“A chronicle of two centuries of Louisiana plantation life told through remembrances, stories, diary excerpts, drawings, and lore.”
The Westover Journal of John A. Selden, Esqr“The personal journal of the owner of the great James River plantation, which clearly reflects the effects of the war on his personal life and…
Southern Silhouettes“Sketches of life on Louisiana and Mississippi plantations during the war.”
"Its Good to be Religious:" A Loyal Slave of God, Masters and the Civil War
The Freedmen of Port Royal“March 25 to May 10, 1862. Port Royal and Beaufort area. South Carolina. A Northern visitor describes the efforts to educate former slaves from the…
Our Faithful Slaves of Old"1861-1865. General. Memories of loyal slaves during the war."
Six Months in the Federal States“Edward Dicey was an English author and journalist, on his trip to America he was the special correspondent of MACMILLAN'S MAGAZINE and the SPECTATOR.…