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Then and Now Reminiscences of 1856 to 1865
May Petty visits Annie near Spartanburg and notes Southern hospitality and slavery in the antebellum South. The piece recalls May’s romance with Miles Lad, the looming Civil War, and a 1863 letter from Cyprus Hall Massachusetts describing wartime separations and fears of slave revolts, ending with a note that the story continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Southland
Annie
Dave
Alfonso
Prince Albert
William Buster
May Petty
Rena
Old Charles
Dixieland
Lightfoot
North
Methodist Church
Richmond
United States
Brother
Callon
Jrun
Spartanburg
S. C
South
Miles Lad
Land of Dixie
Julie
May’s
Cyprus Hall
Mass
Fortieth Penn
Confederacy