Title: Welfare and charity in the antebellum South /
Authors: Lockley, Timothy James, 1971-
Publisher: University Press of Florida,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Charities Southern States History.; Social service Southern States History.; Poor Services for Southern States History.; Southern States Social conditions.
Contents: Introduction -- The safety net -- Southern women assume the charitable role -- The male response -- The personal touch -- Teaching Southern poor whites -- Afterword.