Books on Topic: 'Plantation '

Uncle Remus is famous also for one of its most lovable and astute characters, Br'er Rabbit. This smart, yet mischievous fellow and his companions have...

In Thirty Years A Slave Hughes provides vivid descriptions and explicit accounts of how the McGee plantation in Mississippi, and the McGee mansion in...

Step into the tense and dramatic atmosphere of pre-Revolution America in "Eve of the Revolution," Volume 11 of "The Chronicles of America" series, as...

In The Four Pools Mystery the tyrannical plantation owner is deemed responsible for his own murder because of his mistreatment of the former slaves wh...

In "Uncle Remus Returns", Joel Chandler Harris continues the beloved tales of Uncle Remus, the wise and witty storyteller, sharing his wisdom and wit...

The Conjure Woman is a collection of seven short stories by Charles Waddell Chesnutt, set in the post-Civil War South. The stories feature a white car...

With Lee in Virginia follows the adventures of Vincent Wingfield, a young Virginian who enlists in the Confederate cavalry during the Civil War. The b...

Palmetto Leaves is a collection of essays written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the celebrated author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. These essays document her obse...

A detailed guide to the cultivation and culinary uses of peanuts, featuring a comprehensive collection of recipes that showcase the versatility of thi...

This volume, part of the larger 'Slave Narratives' project, presents a collection of first-hand accounts from former slaves in North Carolina. These n...

This volume compiles a series of first-hand accounts of slavery in North Carolina, as told by former slaves themselves. The narratives were collected...

In Old Narragansett is a historical account of the Narragansett region of Rhode Island, written by Alice Morse Earle. The book covers the period from...

Scarlet Sister Mary is a novel by Julia Peterkin that explores the complexities of race, gender, and class in the rural South. The novel centers on th...