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Two diaries from Middle St. Johns ́s, Berkeley, South Carolina, February-May, 1865
Reproduction of the original: Two diaries from Middle St. Johns ́s, Berkeley, South Carolina, February-May, 1865 by Charlotte St. J. Ravenel
Two diaries From Middle St. John's, Berkeley, South Carolina, February-May, 1865
The anthology 'Two Diaries From Middle St. John's, Berkeley, South Carolina, February-May, 1865' presents a poignant and carefully curated collection of entries that shed light on the American South during a pivotal moment in history. This narrative captures the essence of life and turmoil during the final months of the Civil War, underscored by a rich tapestry of personal reflections, societal observations, and the distressing realities of a nation at war with itself. Through the lens of diverse literary styles, the diaries offer a unique juxtaposition of the everyday and the extraordinary, providing invaluable insights into the era's cultural and social milieu. The contributing authors, Ma...
Two Diaries from Middle St. John's Berkeley, South Carolina
Originally published in 1921. Two Diaries from Middle St. John's, February to May, 1865, published in 1921, includes significant excerpts from the journals Jervey and Ravenel kept at the end of the Civil War. These excerpts were published by the St. John's Hunting Club, a local society in Berkeley County, South Carolina, with explanatory footnotes and some supplementary materials. In the diaries, each woman describes the constant threat of Union raids; the difficulties associated with finding enough food to feed their families and slaves; and the problems they experienced trying to manage slaves during war. The two women describe their preparations for the arrival of Federal soldiers, and the general tension that pervaded the area as the Union army passed through their county. Supplementing these journals is a 1917 speech by Mrs. Mary Rhodes (Waring) Henigan, who lived near Jervey and Ravenel in 1865. The publishers also include a short report from the Massachusetts 55th Regiment that describes the unit's interactions with Berkeley County plantations.
Ravenel Family Papers
Genealogical information, 5 items,1791-1894, includes epitaphs from Morristown, N.J. and elsewhere; baptismal records; and two-page translation [ca. 1890s] of marriage certificate, 24 Oct. 1687, of Rene Ravenel, aged 21, and Charlotte de St. Julian, aged 18, who were married at Pumpkin Hill Plantation in South Carolina.
Henry William Ravenel, 1814-1887
"Provides an engaging and illuminating view of the culture of the South and the study of natural history. . . . Ravenel's achievements, Haygood argues, refute Clement Eaton's contention that slavery stifled creative thought; they also modify the more extravagant claim for southern equality with northern science made in Thomas Cary Johnson's Scientific Interests in the Old South (1936)." --American Historical Review "Convincingly argues for the importance of these middle years to understanding American science and vividly illustrates the effect of the Civil War on science. . . . Ravenel, a geographically isolated planter with a college degree but no scientific training, managed to serve as one of America's leading mycologists, despite continual financial and medical problems and the disruption of the Civil War. This lively account of his life and work is at once inspiring and tragic." Journal of the History of Biology "A thoroughly enjoyable biography of one of the important American naturalists, botanists, and mycologists of the 1800s. . . . Truly an outstanding contribution to the history of American science." --Brittonia
St. John's Hunting Club Records
Records chiefly consist of minutes, correspondence, printed material, and records of two related organizations. A bound volume (1796-1861) entitled "Rules of the St. Stephen's Club Form'd in 1786" contains rules and amended rules, lists of members, and minutes, including an entry (1843) concerning the merger of two clubs, the St. Stephen's Club, and the Upper St. John's Club, into "The United Clubs of St. Stephen's and St. John's." Another bound volume (1802-1817) contains the rules of the Upper St. John's Hunting Club and lists of members. Two bound minute books of the St. John's Hunting Club cover the years 1800 to 1950, and 1950 to 1998. A binder contains correspondence (1936-2008); histo...
A Hard Fight for We
African-American women fought for their freedom with courage and vigor during and after the Civil War. Leslie Schwalm explores the vital roles of enslaved and formerly enslaved women on the rice plantations of lowcountry South Carolina, both in antebellum plantation life and in the wartime collapse of slavery. From there, she chronicles their efforts as freedwomen to recover from the impact of the war while redefining their lives and labor. Freedwomen asserted their own ideas of what freedom meant and insisted on important changes in the work they performed both for white employers and in their own homes. As Schwalm shows, these women rejected the most unpleasant or demeaning tasks, guarded the prerogatives they gained under the South's slave economy, and defended their hard-won freedoms against unwanted intervention by Northern whites and the efforts of former owners to restore slavery's social and economic relations during Reconstruction. A bold challenge to entrenched notions, A Hard Fight for We places African American women at the center of the South's transition from a slave society.
