Anna: The Letters of a St. Simons Island Plantation Mistress, 1817-1859 (Southern Voices from the Past: Women's Letters, Diaries & Writings)

by Anna Matilda Page King (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2002

  $81.36

  As the wife of a frequently absent slaveholder and public figure, Anna Matilda Page King (1798-1859) was the de facto head of their Sea Island plantation. This volume collects more than 150 of her letters to her husband, children, parents and others, reflecting her everyday life.