Susan Dabney Smedes (1840-1913): Memorials of a Southern Planter


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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries offer access to the full text of "Memorials of a Southern Planter," written by Susan Dabney Smedes (1840-1913). Cushings and Bailey in Baltimore, Maryland, published the book in 1887. The libraries provide the text as part of the Documenting the American South (DAS) collection on Southern history.




Memorials of a Southern Planter (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)


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Susan nee Dabney Smedes (1840-1913) was an author, born in Raymond, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Thomas S. Dabney who was a rich planter. When she was twenty years of age, she married Lyell Smedes, but was left a widow about three months afterward. Smedes and her sisters originated and supported the Bishop Green training-school at Dry Grove, Mississippi. After her father's death in 1885, Smedes decided to write Memorials of a Southern Planter, a chronicle of his life. In 1887 she was appointed a teacher in the Government Indian School in Rosebud agency, Dakota territory.




A Southern Planter


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SOUTHERN PLANTER


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A Southern Planter


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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.







MEMORIALS OF A SOUTHERN PLANTE


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A Southern Planter


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