Disunion, War, Defeat, and Recovery in Alabama: The Journal of Augustus Benners, 1850-1885Mercer University Press, 2007 - 357 halaman ""Disunion, War, Defeat, and Recovery in Alabama offers a rare look into the life of a Civil War character many would say they love to hate: the plantation owner. A slave-owning cotton grower, Augustus Benners recorded decades of his mostly gritty and unglamorous plantation life ... Deft editing, annotation, and explanatory notes by Glenn and Virginia Linden complement and elucidate Benners's historical accounts"--From publisher's description. |
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... Willie , caused him great pain . Ed tried to raise cotton but found it too difficult ; he wanted to be like his ... Willie was a continuing problem since he could not find a satisfactory job . Augustus helped him to find several ...
... Willie , caused him great pain . Ed tried to raise cotton but found it too difficult ; he wanted to be like his ... Willie was a continuing problem since he could not find a satisfactory job . Augustus helped him to find several ...
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... Willie is going to college . Children - Draughts on me increase as means diminish— & who cares ? January 28 .... I felt very sad all day and cannot shake it off . I know not what to do . I called to see Watson in the evening at Mc [ C ] ...
... Willie is going to college . Children - Draughts on me increase as means diminish— & who cares ? January 28 .... I felt very sad all day and cannot shake it off . I know not what to do . I called to see Watson in the evening at Mc [ C ] ...
Halaman 279
... Willie and Ed . Willie was enrolled in Southern University in Greensboro but lacked a clear sense of direction despite his father's many efforts to help . This distressed Benners and caused many quarrels . But the greater concern ...
... Willie and Ed . Willie was enrolled in Southern University in Greensboro but lacked a clear sense of direction despite his father's many efforts to help . This distressed Benners and caused many quarrels . But the greater concern ...
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