Tensas Parish (La.)--History.; Natchez (Miss.)--History.; Waterproof (La.)--History.; Saint Joseph (La.)--History.; Plantation life--Louisiana--History--19th century.; Slavery--United States--History--19th century.; Levees--Louisiana.;...
Diary kept by plantation owner Zenas Preston from 1850-1853. Preston's plantation, Leftwich, was situated on Lake St. Peter in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and Preston describes frequent trips to Waterproof, Saint Joseph, and Natchez via the...
Jefferson Davis Co. (Miss.) ; Parkman, Fleet--Family. ; African-Americans--Mississippi--Jefferson-Davis County--Photographs.;farm life--Mississippi.
Fleet Parkman family farm; multiple views. Farm of 787 acres located in the Sons Community about nine miles south of Prentiss, MS. Jefferson Davis Co. agent O. O. Swords assisted with the selection of farm family.