{"product_id":"secret-and-sacred-the-diaries-of-james-henry-hammond-a-southern-slaveholder-paperback","title":"Secret and Sacred: The Diaries of James Henry Hammond, a Southern Slaveholder - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Bleser\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLouis D. Rubin\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe thoughts, triumphs, travails, and, at times, despicable actions of a leading antebellum politician\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA remarkably candid set of diaries, Secret and Sacred brings to light the intimate journal notations of James Henry Hammond, a prominent South Carolina planter and slaveholder whose life story is as intriguing as that of a Faulkner character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Henry Hammond was born into poverty but married into wealth and expanded his plantations and slaveholdings until they were among the largest in the South. A leading spokesman for the South, he served as a congressman, U.S. senator, and South Carolina governor. In his private life, he dominated his family, sexually violated his young nieces (causing a scandal that nearly wrecked his career), and fathered children by his slaves. All the while he kept his \"secret and sacred\" journals. These diaries, which span from 1841 to 1864, reveal a man whose fortune and intellect combined to make him an important southern leader but whose deep character flaws kept him from the true greatness to which he aspired.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarol Bleser gracefully explicates Hammond's background and weaves his entries into a cohesive collection that reads like a novel of the Old South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Bleser\u003c\/b\u003e is Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Distinguished Professor of History at Clemson University. She was one of the first women to receive a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 9.05 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47426844590258,"sku":"9781570032226","price":37.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/793451adee2e7a1a21f7e040ec453442.webp?v=1778518745","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/secret-and-sacred-the-diaries-of-james-henry-hammond-a-southern-slaveholder-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}