Confederates in the Tropics: Charles Swett's Travelogue of 1868 - Brossura

Strom, Sharon Hartman; Weaver, Frederick Stirton

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ISBN 10: 1617038326 ISBN 13: 9781617038327

Casa editrice: Univ Pr of Mississippi, 2013

Riassunto

Charles Swett (1828-1910) was a prosperous Vicksburg merchant and small plantation owner who was reluctantly drawn into secession but then rallied behind the Confederate cause, serving with distinction in the Confederate Army. After the war some of Swett's peers from Mississippi and other southern states invited him to explore the possibility of settling in British Honduras or the Republic of Honduras.

Confederates in the Tropics uses Swett's 1868 travelogue to explore the motives of would-be Confederate migrants' fleeing defeat and Reconstruction in the United States South. The authors make a comparative analysis of Confederate communities in Latin America and use Charles Swett's life to illustrate the travails and hopes of the period for both blacks and whites.

Swett's diary is presented here in its entirety in a clear, accessible format, edited for contemporary readers. Swett's style, except for his passionate prefatory remarks, is a remarkably unsentimental, even scientific look at Belize and Honduras, more akin to a field report than a romantic travel account. In a final section, the authors suggest why the expatriate communities of white southerners nearly always failed, and follow up on Swett's life in Mississippi in a way that sheds light on why disgruntled Confederates decided to remain in or eventually to return to the U.S. South.

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A penetrating account of Confederates who fled to Mexico, Central America and South America after the Civil War to establish new communities and why almost all failed

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Book by Strom Sharon Hartman Weaver Frederick Stirton

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• Editore: Univ Pr of Mississippi
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1617038326
• ISBN 13: 9781617038327
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 176