Rubber industry and trade -- Bolivia;Plantations -- Bolivia;l'Anson, Henri
In January, 1900, Henry I'Anson applied, successfully, for the position of accountant at a rubber plantation in Bolivia. He and his wife journeyed there by steamship, steam launch, and canoe, to find a less than hospitable welcome. I'Anson's...
Slavery; Slaves; Child rearing; Southern States -- Identity; Plantation life; Gerdine, Thomas Cobb;
Roxana writes of her baby Tom Cobb Gerdine; Tom's nurse (slave) and the differences between ""northern"" and ""southern"" children; their sister Lucy Chapin (who came to teach at the Lucy Cobb Institute in January 1859; William L.C. Gerdine's...
Roxana describes the unusually rainy winter they have had; gathering rents from the plantation and estate matters; her children's health and smallpox scares in Mississippi; their half-brother Edward's financial difficulties, and Emily's fellowship...
Roxana writes about her worries over what to do with the remains of their sister Lucy who died on March 21, 1862 of tuberculosis and is then buried at the Gerdine plantation. Lucy's remains would not be returned to Chicopee, MA until after the...
These recordings of oral history, play songs, blues, spirituals, and stories were made in 1948 when Alan Lomax invited Vera Hall to come from her home in Livingston, Alabama, to New York City for a concert. Vera Hall's mother had been a slave, and...
Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; Blackmun, Harry A. (Harry Andrew), 1908-1999;Carswell, G. Harrold (George Harrold), 1919-1992; United States. Supreme Court -- 1950-1990; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; Cuba;...
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Slavery; Slaves; Christmas; Plantation life; Clothing and dress; Marriage;
Roxana writes about her first Christmas on the Mississippi plantation; the celebrations of the plantation slaves; the making of clothes for slaves [in 1860 the census listed 73 slaves for the Gerdine plantation]; sending her congratulations on...
Affleck, Thomas, 1812-1868. The Cotton Plantation Record and Account Book
Cotton growing -- Accounting
During the antebellum period of United States history, the southern states generated an unprecedented amount of wealth through a well developed plantation system that produced vast quantities of cotton, sugar, and tobacco. To date, very little has...
Mississippi Woman Suffrage Association; Suffrage; Representative government and representation; Women and democracy; Equality; Women's rights; Women -- Suffrage; First-wave feminism;
Contains list of officers and committee members, information on the annual meeting held in Flora, MS, Report of Enrollment, and the President's Address
Mississippi Woman Suffrage Association; Suffrage; Representative government and representation; Women and democracy; Equality; Women's rights; Women -- Suffrage; First-wave feminism; Kearney, Belle, 1863-1939;
Includes biographical information and endorsements for Kearney's ability as a lecturer
