Confederates in the tropics
Subtitle: Charles Swett's travelogue of 1868
By: Sharon Hartman Strom and Frederick Stirton Weaver
Contributors: Weaver, Frederick Stirton, 1939-; Swett, Charles, 1828-1910
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781604739947; 9781604739954
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Attitudes; Description and travel; Whites; Travel; History
Description: Charles Swett (1828-1910) was a prosperous Vicksburg merchant and small plantation owner who was reluctantly drawn into secession but then rallied behind the Confederate cause, serving with distinction in the Confederate Army. After the war some of Swett's peers from Mississippi and other southern states invited him to explore the possibility of settling in British Honduras or the Republic of Honduras. This book uses Swett's 1868 travelogue to explore the motives of would-be Confederate migrants' fleeing defeat and Reconstruction in the United States South. The authors make a comparative analysis of Confederate communities in Latin America, and use Charles Swett's life to illustrate the travails and hopes of the period for both blacks and whites. His diary is presented here in its entirety.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-164) and index.