{"product_id":"plantation-mistress-on-the-eve-john-hammond-moore-9781570031250","title":"Plantation Mistress on the Eve on the Civil War: The Diary of Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard, 1860-1861","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn insightful prelude to the well-known wartime diaries of Mary Boykin Chesnut and Emma Holmes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe diary Keziah Brevard documents one plantation mistress's reflections on the momentous events that shook the South during the months leading up to the Civil War: the election of Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina's secession convention, and the attack on Fort Sumter. A childless middle-aged widow, Brevard lived nine miles from Columbia, South Carolina, with her slaves as her only companions. In her diary she recorded everyday stewardship of two plantations, a farm, and a gristmill. In the journal Brevard also grappled with her most private struggles, including her vacillation about the morality of secession and slavery, her fear of abolitionists, and her sense of foreboding about the coming conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Hammond Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570031258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570031250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.03w x 0.50d","brand":"John Hammond Moore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985162305791,"sku":"9781570031250","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f7d686c7-9bdb-41ec-9d7d-d945069fbd7a.jpg?v=1683275918","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plantation-mistress-on-the-eve-john-hammond-moore-9781570031250","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}