A northern woman in the plantation South
American letters
Louisiana, history
Slaveholders
United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives
Southern states, history
Reconstruction
Women, united states
Slavery, united states
Plantation life
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
United States Civil War, 1861-1865
Slavery
Personal narratives
Correspondence
Women
History
Eighty-one letters written from Louisiana by the Massachusetts-born-and-bred Tryphena Blanche Holder Fox recounting her experiences as a small slaveholder and the wife of a physician who cared for the slaves owned by wealthy sugar planters in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
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