Today in history
Subtitle: March 3
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Slavery; History; Plantation life
Other titles: March 3; Weeping time
Description: Presents information on journalist Q.K. Philander Doesticks' account of the slave auction at Butler Island in 1859 and the lives of the Butler family which included the famous British actress and author Frances Ann Kemble. Includes links to primary source material on the history of slavery and the culture of the American South.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.