Louisiana Sugar Plantations During the American Civil WarE. J. Brill, 1957 - 150 pages This early work by the esteemed historian Charles P. Roland draws from an abundance of primary sources to describe how the Civil War brought south Louisiana's sugarcane industry to the brink of extinction, and disaster to the lives of civilians both black and white. A gifted raconteur, Roland sets the scene where the Louisiana cane country formed "a favored and colorful part of the Old South," and then unfolds the series of events that changed it forever: secession, blockade, invasion, occupation, emancipation, and defeat. Though sugarcane survived, production did not match prewar levels for twenty-five years. Roland's approach is both illustrative of an earlier era and remarkably seminal to current emancipation studies. He displays sympathy for plantation owners' losses, but he considers as well the sufferings of women, slaves, and freedmen, yielding a rich study of the social, cultural, economic, and agricultural facets of Louisiana's sugar plantations during the Civil War |
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... land of ample cane plantations interspersed with narrow sugar farms , of white - columned mansions contrasting with humble dwellings , of tall - chimneyed sugarhouses in juxtaposition with primitive mule - drawn cane mills , of Anglo ...
... land of ample cane plantations interspersed with narrow sugar farms , of white - columned mansions contrasting with humble dwellings , of tall - chimneyed sugarhouses in juxtaposition with primitive mule - drawn cane mills , of Anglo ...
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... land , imparting a brief fever flash of excitement to the social life of nearby plantations . Young officers in handsome uniforms came to the planters ' homes for dinners and parties , while wives , sisters , and sweethearts " virtually ...
... land , imparting a brief fever flash of excitement to the social life of nearby plantations . Young officers in handsome uniforms came to the planters ' homes for dinners and parties , while wives , sisters , and sweethearts " virtually ...
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... land depreciated at alarming rate . Mortgages were foreclosed daily , and by 1867 land had dropped to less than one fourth of its previous value . Places that in normal times would have brought $ 150,000 sold for scarcely more than ...
... land depreciated at alarming rate . Mortgages were foreclosed daily , and by 1867 land had dropped to less than one fourth of its previous value . Places that in normal times would have brought $ 150,000 sold for scarcely more than ...
Contents
THE PECULIAR INSTITUTION AND PLANTATION | 10 |
SECESSION AND FARAWAY WAR | 19 |
EVE OF INVASION | 27 |
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