Contributing Institution: Middleton Place Foundation / Media Type: Manuscripts / Subject (Geographic): United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 / Subject (Topic): Slavery, Plantations, Enslaved persons - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Start Over Contributing Institution Middleton Place Foundation ✖ Media Type Manuscripts ✖ Subject (Geographic) United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 ✖ Subject (Topic) Slavery, Plantations, Enslaved persons ✖

1. Letter from Emma Pringle Alston to Charles Alston, August 4, 1862

Date:: 1862-08-04
Description:: A handwritten, four-page letter from Emma Alston to her husband, Charles Alston, in which she discusses her fear of the Union's destruction of Georgetown, South Carolina. She also mentions the dissatisfaction of the enslaved people from one of their plantations and encourages him to visit them in order to dissuade them from escaping.

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