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Negro of the old South, a bit of period history ..., TheEntry/Object ID
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xii (i. e. xvi) 203 pages : including frontispiece, illustrations ; 20 cm
This books only relevance lies in its bias. The author explains her authority on the subject of slavery by stating that she is, "one of the lauded, much abused, much despised, and much ridiculed classes -- one of the blue-booded children of the Old South, surrounded for many years by the slaves who were as truly ours as anything else we owned and served by them in many ways. Such is the tone throughout the whole of this favorable recollection. Cooks are referred to as pets, the Klu Klux Klan is described as the great third kingdom, and the crime of lynching was never known by the African American in the south until these apostles of negro equality (carpet-baggers) put it in the minds of the newly made citizens. The only historical analysis of slavery is given to suggest that the climate, the mother country (Britain), the New Englanders who sought a market for their wares, and others had forced the institution of slavery upon the South.
Contents: Old Black mammy -- The Negro from barbarism to slavery, from slavery to freedom -- Life on the old plantation -- High days and holidays on the old plantation -- Aunt Ginnie the housekeeper -- Uncle Davie the head gardener -- Aunt Rachel and her babies in the day nursery at Horseshoe Plantation -- Plantation caste -- The day nursery at Pine Hill Plantation -- Dear Black mammy -- The dark side of slavery -- When Laurence ran away -- Pine Hill Plantation at the beginning of the War Between the States -- When our eyes were opened -- What a day may bring forth -- The first taste of freedom -- Carpet-bagger days in Florida -- Aunt Dinah's visit to town -- The tenant system -- An unexpected visitor at Pine Hill Plantation -- The religion of the Negro race -- The Southern Negro as a soldier in France and at home -- What education has done for the colored citizen.Collection
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African Americans -- Southern States., Plantation life -- Southern States., Eppes, Susan Bradford, 1845 or 1846-1942.Publication Details
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Eppes, Susan (Bradford), 1845 or 1846-1942Publisher
Joseph G. Branch PublishingPlace Published
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Chicago, ILCall No.
E 443 .E64LCCN
25003559