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Mistress Margaret Brent not only managed her large plantations , but brought suit in court and appeared as legal spokesman for other gentlewomen . She was so respected that Governor Calvert named her as the executor of his will .
Mistress Margaret Brent not only managed her large plantations , but brought suit in court and appeared as legal spokesman for other gentlewomen . She was so respected that Governor Calvert named her as the executor of his will .
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But in the plantation South economic and social conditions developed in an unbroken pattern from colonial days to the Civil War , so sharply differentiating the South from the rest of the country that we refer to it as a separate and ...
But in the plantation South economic and social conditions developed in an unbroken pattern from colonial days to the Civil War , so sharply differentiating the South from the rest of the country that we refer to it as a separate and ...
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Plantation Mistresses . The wives and daughters of planters performed an important function on the slave plantation . While they did no manual labor and seldom took personal care of their own children , they supervised and were ...
Plantation Mistresses . The wives and daughters of planters performed an important function on the slave plantation . While they did no manual labor and seldom took personal care of their own children , they supervised and were ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |