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Confederates in the tropics : Charles Swett's travelogue of 1868 / Sharon Hartman Strom and Frederick Stirton Weaver.

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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 Swe.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Strom, Sharon Hartman
Other Authors: Weaver, Frederick Stirton, 1939-, Swett, Charles, 1828-1910
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2011.
Subjects:
Swett, Charles, > 1828-1910 > Travel > Belize.
Swett, Charles, > 1828-1910 > Travel > Honduras.
Belize > Description and travel.
Honduras > Description and travel.
White people > Southern States > Attitudes > History > 19th century.
Southern States > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Emigration and immigration.
Travel.
Whites > Attitudes.
Belize.
Honduras.
Southern States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Introduction
  • pt. 2. The diaries
  • pt. 3. Community failures, black migration, and Charles Swift after 1868.

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