Life on the Old Plantation in Ante-bellum Days, Or, A Story Based on Facts

Download or read book Life on the Old Plantation in Ante-bellum Days, Or, A Story Based on Facts written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rev. Irving E. Lowery as born a slave in 1850 in Sumter County, South Carolina. After the War, Lowery studied and became a Methodist Episcopal minister serving in Greenville and Aiken, South Carolina. This book gives Lowery's account of slave life on the plantation, describing the work, religious, funerary, courting, and recreation practices of the slaves, as well as the social relations between slaves and slaveowners. He describes plantation life pleasantly and nostalgically. Lowery also discusses social and racial relations after Emancipation as well as his views on the improving state of racial relations in the early 20th century.