An edition of A northern woman in the plantation South (1993)
A northern woman in the plantation South
letters of Tryphena Blanche Holder Fox, 1856-1876
By Tryphena Blanche Holder Fox,Tryphena Blanche H. Fox
Publish Date
1993
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Language
eng
Pages
280
Description:
Eighty-one letters written from Louisiana by the Massachusetts-born-and-bred Tryphena Blanche Holder Fox recounting her experiences as a small slaveholder and the wife of a physician who cared for the slaves owned by wealthy sugar planters in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
subjects: Correspondence, Women, Slaveholders, Slavery, Plantation life, Louisiana Civil War, 1861-1865, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Personal narratives, History, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Reconstruction, Slavery, united states, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, Women, united states, Louisiana, history, American letters, Southern states, history
People: Tryphena Blanche Holder Fox (1834-1912)
Places: Louisiana, United States
Times: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865