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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... North , from Europe , and from Asia . He married happily , and his wife bore many children . But the world frowned on Benners as well . He watched the sectional crisis with growing apprehension , and when it came , it destroyed the ...
... North , from Europe , and from Asia . He married happily , and his wife bore many children . But the world frowned on Benners as well . He watched the sectional crisis with growing apprehension , and when it came , it destroyed the ...
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... North Carolina at Chapel Hill and soon to be a successful lawyer , planter , and legislator in Alabama — decided to keep a daily journal . He began with a quote from William Shakespeare— " Let's take the instant by the forward top — for ...
... North Carolina at Chapel Hill and soon to be a successful lawyer , planter , and legislator in Alabama — decided to keep a daily journal . He began with a quote from William Shakespeare— " Let's take the instant by the forward top — for ...
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... North Carolina , graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1837. His brother Edward Graham Benners studied law in Franklin at Spring Grove Academy . In spring 1837 , Edward left New Bern for Alabama where he ...
... North Carolina , graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1837. His brother Edward Graham Benners studied law in Franklin at Spring Grove Academy . In spring 1837 , Edward left New Bern for Alabama where he ...
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... North wont . May God overrule it for the good of the country . " Throughout the war , Benners spent considerable time in Montgomery , the capital of Alabama . As an elected legislator , he was called there often for both special and ...
... North wont . May God overrule it for the good of the country . " Throughout the war , Benners spent considerable time in Montgomery , the capital of Alabama . As an elected legislator , he was called there often for both special and ...
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... north into Georgia and North Carolina . The Federals would accept no terms but submission , and the Confederates would not listen to that . " In the meantime our husbandry is neglected and at Richmond they are on the eve of starvation ...
... north into Georgia and North Carolina . The Federals would accept no terms but submission , and the Confederates would not listen to that . " In the meantime our husbandry is neglected and at Richmond they are on the eve of starvation ...
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The Reconstruction Years May 18651877 | 138 |
The Later Years 18781885 | 263 |
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