ante-bellum
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It is an evening of dramatic readings thoughtfully culled from the statements of Presidents, the reminiscences of ex-slaves and ante-bellum Southern matrons, the rantings of bigots.
From Time Magazine Archive
Louisiana's Greek Revival Belle Grove, one of the most beautiful of ante-bellum plantation mansions, was burned to the ground by vandals as it stood abandoned.
From Time Magazine Archive
Readings by Negro actors of excerpts from the works of ante-bellum Negro writers.
From Time Magazine Archive
A rundown ante-bellum mansion serves as the administration building.
From Time Magazine Archive
Slavery in the South; first-hand accounts of the ante-bellum American Southland from northern & southern whites, Negroes, & foreign observers.
From The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter by Porter, Dorothy B.
