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Chris Touch replied to John Lee's discussion 'Draft posting of episodes from the Plantation Letters'

There are numerous life situations featured in the letters of the Cameron Plantation. The focus of interest here is the life of the enslaved people as seen through the eyes of the Cameron family. Of course because of this we must interpret based o...

November 9

Chris Touch replied to John Lee's discussion 'Mentions of slavery in plantation letters'

Overall though the PC Cameron and Llewellyn letters we have a sense of the real story of the plantation. Hollywood films often put drama and passion into this type of life, yet we can see from these letters the real day to day business of a planta...

November 1

Chris Touch replied to John Lee's discussion 'Mentions of slavery in plantation letters'

This is what I have from everything that could be read and transcribed. Does anyone know where to find a "magic lens" for the letters that do not have a transcription? September 5, 1844 Letter from PC Cameron to Duncan Cameron Excerpt from page 2...

October 18

Chris Touch is now a member of Plantation Letters

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October 18

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Plantation essay

I originally had this posted at Teaching Digital History so I am reposting it here:

Overall though the PC Cameron and Llewellyn letters we have a sense of the real story of the plantation. Hollywood films often put drama and passion into this type of life, yet we can see from these letters the real day to day business of a plantation and also the harsh realities of the enslaved people.

This life is a complete cultural shock to me and I think most people who were raised in the late 20th and ear… Continue

Posted on November 7, 2009 at 11:47pm —