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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the David Golightly Harris Journals #982, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Originals held by Winthrop University, Rock Hill, S.C.

Many of the items in this collection have been published in Philip N. Racine, ed., Piedmont farmer: the journals of David Golightly Harris, 1855-1870 (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1990).

Acquisitions Information

Lent for microfilming by Vivia M. Ford of Marion, S.C., in June 1945.

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• Agriculture--South Carolina--History--19th century.
• Diaries (Blank-books)
• Farmers' spouses--South Carolina--History--19th century.
• Farmers--South Carolina--History--19th century.
• Harris, David Golightly, 1824-1875.
• Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--South Carolina.
• Slavery--South Carolina.
• South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
• Spartanburg County (S.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Women--South Carolina--Social conditions.

Farm journals of David Golightly Harris (1824-1875) of Spartanburg County, S.C., with detailed accounts of daily farm work, including the management of slaves, and discussion of the Civil War and Reconstruction. While Harris was away serving in the Confederate Army, entries were written by his wife.