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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826718103321

Autore

Strom Sharon Hartman

Titolo

Confederates in the tropics [[electronic resource] ] : Charles Swett's travelogue of 1868 / / Sharon Hartman Strom and Frederick Stirton Weaver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2011

ISBN

1-283-11660-X

9786613116604

1-60473-995-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WeaverFrederick Stirton <1939->

SwettCharles <1828-1910.>

Disciplina

973.8/1

Soggetti

White people - Southern States - Attitudes - History - 19th century

Belize Description and travel

Honduras Description and travel

Southern States Emigration and immigration History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. The diaries -- pt. 3. Community failures, black migration, and Charles Swift after 1868.

Sommario/riassunto

Charles Swett (1828-1910) was a prosperous Vicksburg merchant and small plantation owner who was reluctantly drawn into secession but then rallied behind the Confederate cause, serving with distinction in the Confederate Army. After the war some of Swe