Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-384) and index.
Table of Contents
Girlhood in Sumter District, South Carolina, 1813-34 -- Introduction -- Family and formative background -- Schooling -- Suitors and wedding -- Conclusion -- Early adult years in Beaufort District, South Carolina, 1834-53 -- Introduction -- Education of the children -- Church life -- Family deaths -- Wife and husband -- Slavery and plantation affairs -- Conclusion -- Midlife years in Marion County, Florida, 1853-75 -- Introduction -- Maria and slavery -- Education of the children, 1853-63 -- Osceola and the Civil War, 1861-63 -- Sickness and death, 1864 -- Confusions of war, 1864 -- Education of the children, 1864-73 -- The Taylors and the Freedmen -- Financial and emotional crises -- A time of transition -- Conclusion -- Old age in Gainesville, Florida, 1876-95 -- Introduction -- Reading and writing -- Serving the family -- Teaching the grandchildren -- Memorializing a friend -- Approaching death.