Secret and Sacred: The Diaries of James Henry Hammond, a Southern Slaveholder

by James Henry Hammond

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Long encrusted in myth and legend, the planter aristocracy of the ante-bellum South has been depicted by a host of historians, economists, psychologists, novelists, dramatists, and moviemakers. Each has presented an interpretation of his or her own choosing. Now Carol Bleser brings us a remarkable set of diaries that allows one prominent planter and slaveholder to speak as himself and for himself. It affords a look at a vanished era unparalleled in...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195053087

ISBN13:9780195053081

Release Date:August 1988

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:380 Pages

Weight:1.58 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"

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19th Century Abolition Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Historical History Literary Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Slavery & Emancipation State & Local World

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