Title: Louisa S. McCord
First published: 1995
Description: Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord (1810-1879) was one of the most remarkable figures in the intellectual history of antebellum America. A conservative intellectual, she broke the confines of Southern gender roles; she supported laissez-faire political economy and slavery, argued for woman's separate sphere, opposed Harriet Beecher Stowe, abhorred socialism, was a secessionist, and believed in the superiority of the white race.

This volume includes her essays on slavery, secession, women's role, and political economy, fully annotated, along with an Introduction by Michael O'Brien, Chair of the Editorial Board of the Southern Texts Society.

Over the past decade historians have begun to pay attention to McCord and find her indispensable to understanding American culture. Among Southerners before the Civil War, she is ranked with Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, James Madison, Sarah Grimke, John C. Calhoun, George Fitzhugh, and Frederick Douglass. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, McCord spent most of her adult life in and around Columbia.

She owned and managed her own plantation, was active in the political troubles of the 1840s and 1850s, and was prominent in the intellectual circles based at South Carolina College. During the Civil War she supervised the hospital established in the college buildings, and when Federal forces captured Columbia, her house was the headquarters of General O. O. Howard, deputed by Sherman to maintain order in the city.
Subjects: American Authors, Authors, American, Correspondence, Drama, Economic conditions, History, Poetry, Politics and government, Slavery, Women, Southern states, politics and government, Southern states, economic conditions, Slavery, united states, Women, united states, history, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Authors, correspondence, American drama (dramatic works by one author), Slavery--southern states, Women--history, Women--southern states--history--19th century, F213 .m35 1995, 975.03, American Women authors, Cris (Indiens), Conditions économiques, Conditions sociales, Inuit, Cris (Indiens), Services aux, Services aux Inuit, Statistiques, Cree Indians, Social conditions, Services for, Statistics
Places: Rome, Southern States
People: Gaius Sempronius Gracchus (154-121 B.C), Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord (1810-1879)
Time periods: 1775-1865, 19th century, Servile Wars, 135-71 B.C.