Plantation Mistress on the Eve on the Civil War - (Women's Diaries and Letters of the South) by John Hammond Moore (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In the journal Brevard 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>John Hammond Moore, formerly a writer-researcher on the staff of the Thomas Cooper Library at the University of South Carolina, is author of <i>Columbia and Richland County: A South Carolina Community, 1740-1900.</i></p>
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