A Girl's Life in Virginia before the War

A Girl's Life in Virginia before the War

A Girl's Life in Virginia before the WarDedicated to my nieces, who will find in English and...
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Author: Burwell, Letitia M.
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A Girl's Life in Virginia before the War

A Girl's Life in Virginia before the War

$225.14 $15.18

A Girl's Life in Virginia before the War

$225.14 $15.18
Author: Burwell, Letitia M.
Format: eBook
Language: English

A Girl's Life in Virginia before the War

Dedicated to my nieces, who will find in English and American publications such expressions applied to their ancestors as: "cruel slave-owners"; "inhuman wretches"; "southern taskmasters"; "dealers in human souls," etc. From these they will naturally recoil with horror. My own life would have been embittered had I believed myself to be descended from such monsters; and that those who come after us may know the truth, I wish to leave a record of plantation life as it was. The truth may thus be preserved among a few, and merited praise may be awarded to noble men and virtuous women who have passed away. That my birthplace should have been a Virginia plantation, my lot in life cast on a Virginia plantation, my ancestors, for nine generations, owners of Virginia plantations, remain facts mysterious and inexplicable but to Him who determined the bounds of our habitations, and said: "Be still, and know that I am God." Confined exclusively to a Virginia plantation during my earliest childhood, I believed the world one vast plantation bounded by negro quarters. Rows of white cabins with gardens attached; negro men in the fields; negro women sewing, knitting, spinning, weaving, housekeeping in the cabins; with negro children dancing, romping, singing, jumping, playing around the 2 doors,these formed the only pictures familiar to my childhood. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 41709
Author: Burwell, Letitia M.
Release Date: Dec 26, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: McCullough, W. A. (William A.) , Turcas, Jules

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