A remarkably candid set of diaries, Secret and Sacred brings to light the intimate journal notations of James Henry Hammond, a prominent South Carolina planter and slaveholder whose life story is as intriguing as that of a Faulkner character. James Henry Hammond was born into poverty but married into wealth and expanded his plantations and slaveholdings until they were among the largest in the South. A leading spokesman for the South, he served as a congressman, U.S. senator, and South Carolina governor. In his private life, he dominated his family, sexually violated his young nieces (causing a scandal that nearly wrecked his career), and fathered children by his slaves. All the while he kept his secret and sacred journals. These diaries, which span from 1841 to 1864, reveal a man whose fortune and intellect combined to make him an important southern leader but whose deep character flaws kept him from the true greatness to which he aspired. Carol Bleser gracefully explicates Hammond's background and weaves his entries into a cohesive collection that reads like a novel of the Old South.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
ISBN-13
9781570032226
eBay Product ID (ePID)
86541287
Product Key Features
Book Title
Secret and Sacred: the Diaries of James Henry Hammond, a Southern Slaveholder
Author
James Henry Hammond
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
History
Publication Year
1997
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
372 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
James Henry Hammond
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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