"My Dear Husband": A Texas Slave's Love Letter, 1862

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Title

"My Dear Husband": A Texas Slave's Love Letter, 1862

Description

December 28, 1862. Expressions of worry about and love for her husband Norfleet, a bondsman to enslaver Theophilus Perry (28th Texas Cavalry), who had gone into military service as Perry’s "personal servant.”

Creator

Randolph B. Campbell
Donald K. Pickens

Date

1980

Type

Journal Article

Zotero

Author

Randolph B. Campbell
Donald K. Pickens

Title

"My Dear Husband": A Texas Slave's Love Letter, 1862

Publication Title

The Journal of Negro History

Volume

65

Issue

4

Date

1980

Pages

361-364

Note

enslaved love letter, enslaved with the confederate army

Archive

JSTOR

Item Type

Journal Article

DOI

10.2307/2716865

ISSN

0022-2992

Access Date

2020-06-15 10:42:59

Extra

Publisher: Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc.

Library Catalog

JSTOR

Short Title

"My Dear Husband"

Citation

Randolph B. Campbell and Donald K. Pickens, “"My Dear Husband": A Texas Slave's Love Letter, 1862,” The Haskell Monroe Collection: Life in the Confederacy , accessed November 21, 2024, https://library.missouri.edu/confederate/items/show/2587.

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