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Two Diaries: February-May, 1865 (Expanded, Annotated)
Two Diaries: February-May, 1865 (Expanded, Annotated)
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With Union troops literally in their backyard, two southern women of privilege recorded in their diaries the fall of the south in the last months of the American Civil War.
"How much some people have suffered."
Unable to see the suffering their southern culture has wrought for more than two centuries, the women seem only aware of the loss of those whose privilege was built on the bondage of others.
Essential to the owning of a human being is the inability to see them as a human being. As Union "colored" troops are among the soldiers marching through their land, the women are terrified of what they may do or what they will stir up in the slaves that remain on plantations.
They write of the "impudence" of some of their remaining slaves, as if a lifetime of bondage should not have been expected to embitter them and leave them with little politeness for their masters.
Included is an official report of Brigadier General Alfred S. Hartwell (variously ranked captain, colonel, or general in the diaries), who led troops through the area of the Northampton and Pooshee plantations not far from Charleston, South Carolina.
For the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones.
Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.
"How much some people have suffered."
Unable to see the suffering their southern culture has wrought for more than two centuries, the women seem only aware of the loss of those whose privilege was built on the bondage of others.
Essential to the owning of a human being is the inability to see them as a human being. As Union "colored" troops are among the soldiers marching through their land, the women are terrified of what they may do or what they will stir up in the slaves that remain on plantations.
They write of the "impudence" of some of their remaining slaves, as if a lifetime of bondage should not have been expected to embitter them and leave them with little politeness for their masters.
Included is an official report of Brigadier General Alfred S. Hartwell (variously ranked captain, colonel, or general in the diaries), who led troops through the area of the Northampton and Pooshee plantations not far from Charleston, South Carolina.
For the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones.
Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.
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