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Legacy of a Southern Plantation Family during the War
A first person recollection traces the Ashley family owning a plantation before and during the Civil War. Mars Pape Ashley disinherits his son Tom for abolitionist views, leaving the estate to cousin Ernest Crane. Tom returns as a Confederate general with injuries, while the enslaved narrator Julius stays to care for the old man. The reunion breakfast ends with the plantation’s upheaval and Tom’s fate.
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Tom Ashley
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Tom
Mary Pape Ashley
Thomas Ashley
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Ernest Crane
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Julius
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Missy Ashley
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Mary Pape
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Dis Head Plantation