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Antebellum South

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Anonymous Travel Diary from Boston to New Orleans

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4281
Overview Travel diary recording events of an unnamed Northern man's 1842-1843 journey from Boston to New Orleans, with descriptions of many aspects of Southern life and culture, including slavery, society, and food.
Dates: 1842 - 1843
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Anonymous Travel Diary from Boston to New Orleans

Mears Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4294
Overview Contains diary kept by Virginia Henry Mears while on a journey with her husband from Philadelphia to New Orleans shortly before the Civil War, along with other family materials and photographs.
Dates: 1850-1919
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Mears Family Papers