A Blockaded Family
204 pages, 5 x 8
No illus.
Paperback
Release Date:15 May 2005
ISBN:9780817352752
A Blockaded Family
Life in Southern Alabama During the Civil War
By Parthenia Hague; Introduction by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
University of Alabama Press
Recounts how a frightened and war-weary household dealt with privations during the blockade imposed on the South by the federal navy
Parthenia Hague experienced the Civil War while employed as a schoolteacher on a plantation near Eufaula, Alabama. This book recounts how a frightened and war-weary household dealt with privations during the blockade imposed on the South by the federal navy. The memoir of Parthenia Hague is a detailed look at the ingenious industry and self-sufficiency employed by anxious citizens as the northern army closed in.
‘Exceptional in its documentation of hardships and substitutions in Alabama during the war years. Provides insight on everything from feather fans to spinning and weaving; recommended by Jefferson Davis.’
—Victoria R. Rumble
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese is Eleonore Raoul Professor of Humanities at Emory University and author of a number of volumes, including Within the Plantation Household; Black and White Women of the Old South.
