A plantation mistress on the eve of the Civil War
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"The diary of Keziah Brevard documents one plantation mistress's personal reflections on the events that were to shape both her world and her Southern homeland for years to come : the election of Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina's session convention, and the attack on Fort Sumter. In 1860, Keziah Brevard was a fifty-seven-year-old widow living nine miles from Columbia, South Carolina, with her slaves as her only companions. She kept a diary to record thoughts and a great variety of matters -- from dramatic events of national importance to her management of three plantations and a grist mill ... Her diary reveals a competent, no-nonsense woman capable of successfully leading a large house-hold as well as several business enterprises"--Jacket.
Book details
- Year
- 1992
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 144
- ISBN
- 9780872498419
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