Rev. Irving E. Lowery as born a slave in 1850 in Sumter County, South Carolina. After the War, Lowery studied and became a Methodist Episcopal minister serving

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1911 Edition.

Account by a former slave of life on the plantation, describing the work, religious, funerary, courting, and recreation practices of the slaves, as well as the

Excerpt from Life on the Old Plantation in Ante-Bellum Days: Or a Story Based on Facts It has been a work Of faith and a labor of love to me. I cannot express t