num_pages: 342
description: This set of diaries (1841-1864) brings to light the journal notations of James Henry Hammond, a prominent South Carolina planter and slaveholder. They reveal a man whose fortune and intellect combined to make him an important leader, but whose flaws kept him from true greatness.
language: English
title: Secret and Sacred: The Diaries of James Henry Hammond, a Southern Slaveholder
titlecomplete: Secret and Sacred: The Diaries of James Henry Hammond, a Southern Slaveholder
genres: History, Civil War, Memoir
ratings_count: 32
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Museum of the Confederacy Founders Award
publisher: University of South Carolina Press