A Plantation Mistress on the Eve of the Civil War The Diary of Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard 186
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An insightful prelude to the well-known wartime diaries of Mary Boykin Chesnut and Emma Holmes
The diary Keziah Brevard documents one plantation mistress's reflections on the momentous events that shook the South during the months leading up to the Civil War: the election of Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina's secession convention, and the attack on Fort Sumter. A childless middle-aged widow, Brevard lived nine miles from Columbia, South Carolina, with her slaves as her only companions. In her diary she recorded everyday stewardship of two plantations, a farm, and a gristmill. In the journal Brevard also grappled with her most private struggles, including her vacillation about the morality of secession and slavery, her fear of abolitionists, and her sense of foreboding about the coming conflict.
Product Details
- University of South Carol Brand
- May 11, 1996 Pub Date:
- 9781570031250 ISBN-13:
- 1570031258 ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 9.03 in * 0.5 in * 6.03 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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