October 10, 1847 to December 31, 1847

  1. The Varying Roles of Plantation Mistresses in the Antebellum South

    Date(s): January 1, 1825 to December 31, 1847 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, Annarundel County, Maryland Tag(s): roles, punishment, plantation mistresses, Relationships 

    Violence inflicted by white slaveholders and their surrogates was ubiquitous, but what is less frequently acknowledged is how slaveholders’ wives fit into history.  As it turns out, they often times played a fairly significant role in determining the treatment of slaves.   Plantation mistresses proved to be essential to the thriving plantation economy in the antebellum South, responsible for...

  2. Joseph Mersman: Diary of a Whiskey Merchant

    Date(s): November 8, 1847 to September 25, 1864 Location: HAMILTON, Ohio Tag(s): Diary, Whiskey, Merchant 

    During the rise of the middle class during 19th century America, there are few direct portals into what the life of a working citizen was like. However, there are a few. One such book is the diary of a German immigrant who worked as a whiskey merchant in Cincinnati and St. Louis.

    Joseph Mersman born in a little village in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in 1824, immigrated to the...

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