Plantation manual, 1857-1858
Published: 1866
Language: eng
Format: Manuscript
Subjects: African-Americans -- Domestic life -- 1850-1860.; Women -- Domestic life -- 1850-1860.; Slavery -- 1850-1860.; Breastfeeding -- 1850-1860.
Description: Holograph page from the manual of James Henry Hammond in which he provides instructions for breastfeeding infants, as well as the work arrangements for the elderly and for pregnant slaves.
Notes: Forms part of: Papers of James Henry Hammond, container 43.
Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by Sheridan Harvey ... [et al.]. Washington : Library of Congress, 2001, p. 152.