Life on the old plantation in ante-bellum days

By I. E. Lowery

Subjects: Plantation life, Vie dans les plantations, African Americans, Mœurs et coutumes, Manners and customs, Social life and customs, Noirs américains

Description: Account by a former slave of life on the plantation, describing the work, religious, funerary, courting, and recreation practices of the slaves, as well as the social relations between slaves and slaveowners. Appendix discusses social and racial relations after Emancipation and presents the author's views on the state of race relations in the early 20th century.