Tombee : portrait of a cotton planter, with the journal of Thomas B. Chaplin (1822-1890)
Entry/Object ID
2008.002.0104
Description
Tells the life story of a slave master and cotton planter from St. Helena Island, South Carolina, with a biography of Thomas B. Chaplin and the plantation journal he kept between 1845 and 1858. Traces the social and ecological history of St. Helena Island to when Chaplin left for the last time in 1885.
750 p. : geneal. tables, maps ; 24 cm.
Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Library
Acquisition
Accession
2008.002.
Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2008)
Acquisition Method
Found in Collection
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Chaplin, Thomas Benjamin, 1822-1890--Diaries, Saint Helena Island (S.C.)--Biography, Slaveholders--South Carolina--Saint Helena Island--Biography, Plantation life--South Carolina--Saint Helena Island--History--19th century, Cotton trade--South Carolina--Saint Helena Island--History--19th century
Book Details
Author
Rosengarten, Theodore, Chaplin, Thomas Benjamin, 1822-1890
Walker, Susan W.
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
William Morrow & Company
Place Published
Location
New York, NY
Date Published
1986
Call No.
F277 .B3 C487 1986
ISBN
0688054129
LCCN
86000716
Notes
Copy No.: 0
Location
Location
Room
Granville Room
Building
Missroon Library
Category
Permanent
Date
February 7, 2023
General Notes
Note
Notes: One map on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-317) and index.
By Theodore Rosengarten
Edited and annotated with the assistance of Susan W. Walker
Signed by author: "For John Porter and Historic Charleston w/ best wishes, Ted Rosengarten"