Plantation Mistress on the Eve on the Civil War: The Diary of Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard, 1860-1861 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Moore, John Hammond (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1570031258 ISBN-13: 9781570031250 Publisher: University of South Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1996 Annotation: Reflects the events leading up to the Civil War and records of everyday |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 92023308 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.03" W x 9.03" (0.58 lbs) 148 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Topical - Civil War |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |