Disunion, War, Defeat, and Recovery in Alabama: The Journal of Augustus Benners, 1850-1885Mercer University Press, 2007 - 357 pages ""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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... 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 which Cass agreed to sell to him at 40 cts a bushel ...
... 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 which Cass agreed to sell to him at 40 cts a bushel ...
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... staid at Mr Wymes [ Wemyss ] & on Saturday spoke at Hollow Square- The company was not very large - and Webb made a very good speech - I was also flattered with many compliments - from Hollow Square we went to Eutaw . Mr Webb and I ...
... staid at Mr Wymes [ Wemyss ] & on Saturday spoke at Hollow Square- The company was not very large - and Webb made a very good speech - I was also flattered with many compliments - from Hollow Square we went to Eutaw . Mr Webb and I ...
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... staid there during the 2 weeks . adjourned friday evening Oct 7th came down the river on the Gertrude - Breakfast ... staid at Judge Colemans- declined invitation to serve as solicitor . Horse bill $ 3 a day- December 24. Left home ...
... staid there during the 2 weeks . adjourned friday evening Oct 7th came down the river on the Gertrude - Breakfast ... staid at Judge Colemans- declined invitation to serve as solicitor . Horse bill $ 3 a day- December 24. Left home ...
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Introduction | 1 |
18501860 | 25 |
1861May 1865 | 58 |
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