“’So Far From All We Love’: Letters from the Lobdell Family, Civil War Refugees from West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.” Chronicles of Smith County, Texas 46 (2015): 37-45.

Authors

Vicki Betts, University of Texas at TylerFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

Abstract

Five letters from the John Little Lobdell family, who had refugeed with their slaves first to the Natchitoches, Louisiana, area and finally to Canton (Omen) in southeast Smith County, Texas, in very late 1863. These letters describe the area and property, the sale of slave families, visitors, the end of the war, and negotiations with the freedpeople over labor contracts and transportation back to Louisiana.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10950/499

Recommended Citation

Betts, Vicki, "“’So Far From All We Love’: Letters from the Lobdell Family, Civil War Refugees from West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.” Chronicles of Smith County, Texas 46 (2015): 37-45." (2015). Presentations and Publications. Paper 37.
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/499