num_pages: 848
description: The discovery in 1938 of the diary and personal papers of William Johnson (ca. 1809-1851), a free Negro of Natchez, Mississippi, made possible the publication of this fascinating volume. Johnson's diary offers a firsthand account of a former slave who rose from harsh circumstances to become a successful businessman. It is also an intimate portrait of life and social relations in a southern town in the years leading up to the Civil War.
language: English
title: William Johnson’s Natchez: The Ante-Bellum Diary of a Free Negro
titlecomplete: William Johnson’s Natchez: The Ante-Bellum Diary of a Free Negro
ratings_count: 10
publisher: LSU Press