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Agriculture, Geology, and Society in Antebellum South Carolina

The Private Diary of Edmund Ruffin, 1843

Edmund Ruffin author William M Mathew editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Georgia Press

Published:1st Nov '12

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Agriculture, Geology, and Society in Antebellum South Carolina cover

The centerpiece of this generously annotated book is the diary kept by the celebrated agricultural reformer Edmund Ruffin during the eight months in 1843 when, at the request of Governor James Henry Hammond, he conducted an economic survey of South Carolina, traveling to every corner of the state to examine the different farming methods in use and the resources available for their improvement. Ruffin’s succinct and pointed narrative, driven by a passionate interest in the perpetuation of slavery, recaptures for the modern reader the physical and social environment of the Palmetto State two decades before the outbreak of the Civil War in the Charleston harbor.

ISBN: 9780820341668

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm

Weight: 590g

386 pages