Tombee
Subtitle: portrait of a cotton planter
By: Theodore Rosengarten ; with the journal of Thomas B. Chaplin (1822-1890) edited and annotated with the assistance of Susan W. Walker.
Contributors: Chaplin, Thomas Benjamin, 1822-1890.; Walker, Susan W.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Morrow
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 750
Subjects: Chaplin, Thomas Benjamin, 1822-1890 -- Diaries.; Slaveholders -- South Carolina -- Saint Helena Island -- Biography.; Plantation life -- South Carolina -- Saint Helena Island -- History -- 19th century.; Cotton trade -- South Carolina -- Saint Helena Island -- History -- 19th century.; Saint Helena Island (S.C.) -- Biography.
Description: Recounts the life of a slave-master and cotton planter from South Carolina based in part upon his journal kept between 1845 and 1858.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 300-317.
One map on lining papers.
Includes index.