Southern womanhood and slavery
Subtitle: a biography of Louisa S. McCord, 1810-1879
By: Leigh Fought.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press; University of Missouri
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: McCord, Louisa Susanna Cheves, 1810-1879; Women and literature -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Women plantation owners -- South Carolina -- Biography; Women -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Plantation life -- South Carolina; Slavery -- Southern States; South Carolina -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: This is a biography of Louisa S. McCord, one of the most intriguing intellectuals in antebellum America. The daughter of a South Carolina planter and politician, McCord supported unregulated free trade and the perpetuation of slavery and opposed the advancement of women's rights.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-202) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Cheves family; title: Behind the parlor door; title: "Equality is no thought nor creation of God"; title: "Submissive bow, and be content"; title: "Inferiority is not a curse"; title: "The most disastrous one to me in every way"; title: "Mother of the Gracchi".