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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... corn , wheat , vegetables , and a little sugar . Clearly , the daily routine absorbed him most of the time , even during the war . In 1863 , he did not even note the Emancipation Proclamation , though he surely heard about it . He was ...
... corn , wheat , vegetables , and a little sugar . Clearly , the daily routine absorbed him most of the time , even during the war . In 1863 , he did not even note the Emancipation Proclamation , though he surely heard about it . He was ...
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... corn , peas , and farm animals . There was seldom enough rain , frosts could damage the crop , and high winds were always a danger . He had two plantations — Walker Place and Cheney Place , a total of 715 acres . Each had to be visited ...
... corn , peas , and farm animals . There was seldom enough rain , frosts could damage the crop , and high winds were always a danger . He had two plantations — Walker Place and Cheney Place , a total of 715 acres . Each had to be visited ...
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... Corn and potatoes were also damaged . The price of cotton continued to decline . As agricultural conditions worsened , Benners began to rely more heavily upon his legal practice for a regular income . In summer 1865 , he sent in an ...
... Corn and potatoes were also damaged . The price of cotton continued to decline . As agricultural conditions worsened , Benners began to rely more heavily upon his legal practice for a regular income . In summer 1865 , he sent in an ...
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... corn the best proof of which he said was the fact that it staid in his crib all the year round — The crop being very short in this neighborhood one of the neighbors is said to have come to him after his speech & endeavored to get some corn ...
... corn the best proof of which he said was the fact that it staid in his crib all the year round — The crop being very short in this neighborhood one of the neighbors is said to have come to him after his speech & endeavored to get some corn ...
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... corn at Cheney place Aggy was sick — Emily about to be confined — Lewis sick — and Charles sick . October 7. Visited the plantation on Tuesday morning and returned Wednesday . Found the hands at Walker Place gathering corn — the Pick 13 ...
... corn at Cheney place Aggy was sick — Emily about to be confined — Lewis sick — and Charles sick . October 7. Visited the plantation on Tuesday morning and returned Wednesday . Found the hands at Walker Place gathering corn — the Pick 13 ...
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The Reconstruction Years May 18651877 | 138 |
The Later Years 18781885 | 263 |
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