Confederates in the Tropics : Charles Swett's Travelogue.
Material type: TextPublisher: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (159 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781604739954Subject(s): Belize -- Description and travel | Honduras -- Description and travel | Southern States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century | Swett, Charles, -- 1828-1910 -- Travel -- Belize | Swett, Charles, -- 1828-1910 -- Travel -- Honduras | Whites -- Southern States -- Attitudes -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Confederates in the Tropics : Charles Swett's TravelogueDDC classification: 973.8/1 LOC classification: F1444 -- .S77 2011ebOnline resources: Click to ViewCover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part I Introduction The Swett Family, Reconstruction, and the Dream of Emigration -- Part II The Diaries Charles Swett, A Trip to British Honduras and to San Pedro, Republic of Honduras -- Part III Community Failures, Black Migration, and Charles Swett after 1868 -- Appendix A. Documents Concerning the Settlement of Medina, Honduras -- Appendix B. Facts, Figures, and Travel Tips, British Honduras -- Notes -- Selected References -- Index -- Footnote -- Part II The Diaries -- Note 1 -- Note 2 -- Note 3 -- Note 4 -- Note 5 -- Note 6.
Charles Swett (1828-1910) was a prosperous Vicksburg merchant and small plantation owner who was reluctantly drawn into secession but then rallied behind the Confederate cause, serving with distinction in the Confederate Army. After the war some of Swe.
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