Three Weeks on a Cotton Plantation

When his short-lived newspaper The Bay State Weekly Courier failed in 1847, the cash-strapped Holland began teaching in the South, first in a private school in Richmond, Virginia, and then in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he was in charge of the public schools. Since arriving in Massachusetts I have...

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Published inThe Emily Dickinson journal Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 72 - 95
Main Authors Holland, J. G, Pollak, Vivian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2015
Subjects
American literature
Bishop, Elizabeth (1911-1979)
Boats
Children & youth
Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
Plantations
Slavery
Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)
Louisiana
United States > US
Mississippi
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Summary:When his short-lived newspaper The Bay State Weekly Courier failed in 1847, the cash-strapped Holland began teaching in the South, first in a private school in Richmond, Virginia, and then in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he was in charge of the public schools. Since arriving in Massachusetts I have received a letter from a friend of which I give an extract.
ISSN:1059-6879
1096-858X
1096-858X
DOI:10.1353/edj.2015.0009