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This southern metropolis : life in Antebellum Mobile /

"Based on visitor descriptions of antebellum Mobile's physical and social environment, this book transports readers to a place and time that looms exceptionally large in Gulf Coast history. Mobile's foundational American epoch is a period in which it transformed from a struggling colo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bunn, Mike (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens, Georgia : NewSouth Books, an imprint of The University of Georgia Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Travel writing > Alabama > Mobile.
Slavery > Alabama > Mobile > History > 19th century.
Mobile (Ala.) > History > 19th century.
Mobile (Ala.) > History > Anecdotes.
Mobile (Ala.) > Description and travel > Sources.
Voyage > Art d'écrire > Alabama > Mobile.
Slavery
Travel > Sources
Travel writing
Alabama > Mobile
1800-1899
Anecdotes
History
Table of Contents:
  • Getting there
  • Arrival
  • The setting
  • A place for business
  • Dangers
  • People and lifestyles
  • Slavery and the enslaved
  • Entertainment and celebrations.