The Last Generation

A look at the lives of more than 100 young white men from Virginia's last generation to grow up with the institution of slavery. By examining members of this generation on personal as well as generational and cultural levels, Carmichael sheds light on the formation and reformation of Southern identity.

First sentence: AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE University of Virginia in, 1854, in his very first speech upon returning to his native King William County, William Roane Aylett proclaimed: The mighty winds which sweep by us on their way to distant lands tell us, at every blast and every whisper their moving principle is progress.

Year

2005

Language

English

Publisher

The University of North Carolina Press

Editions

1

Pages

352

ISBN

9780807829486

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