A BLOCKADED FAMILY; Life in Southern Alabama During The Civil War
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888. Hardcover. 176 pages. 18 x 13 cm. Parthenia Antionette Hague (1838-1914) was born in Georgia. During the civil war Parthenia was a teacher in Eufaula, Alabama. In this first hand account of what life was like under the Northern Blockade, Parthenia describes the various ways the local population learned how to be self-sufficient. Within this book, the white population learned how to dye cloth, make hats and bonnets, find substitutes for everyday food items such as coffee, and weave. Throughout the book we see through the authors eyes, the way in which this white population looked and felt about the black population, which, unsurprisingly was "less than" and "children". Ex Libris, "Library of the First Congregational Parish, Kennebunk, ME." Interior clean, boards foxed with some remnants of a past paper binding. White and green embossed boards. Good. Item #4291
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