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Documents Relating to El Destino and Chemonie Plantations, Middle Florida, 1828-1868. Part I

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The White Castle of Louisiana

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“Anthony Trollope, the well-known English author, made a trip to America in August 1861. He spent most of his time in the North and in Canada, but he dipped into the South along the northern border on a trip from Baltimore to Missouri. He visited…

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Governor John Gill Shorter Executive Papers

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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.”

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Missouri History Not Found in Textbooks: Sale of Slaves at Columbia in 1864

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Old Louisiana

“A chronicle of two centuries of Louisiana plantation life told through remembrances, stories, diary excerpts, drawings, and lore.”

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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 fortune.”

Other Days

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Civil War on the Kansas-Missouri Border: The Narrative of Former Slave Andrew Williams

“1861-1863. Liberated from his master in Missouri by Union soldiers, Williams and his family moved to Fort Scott, then Lawrence, Kansas (where he witnessed Quantrill's Raid), and finally to Topeka.”

Tags: au:male, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Kansas, loc:Lawrence KS, pd:1984, su:African American, su:battlefield, su:Freedmen, su:homefront, su:slavery, su:union, su:war experience, ts:narrative

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