He operated three barbershops in Natchez, Mississippi, where he employed free blacks and slaves and owned farmland cultivated by slaves and white overseers. Although masters closely oversaw every aspect of their slaves’ lives, slaves retained some autonomy in their private family lives, relations,...
Numerous indoor amenities included a bowling alley, billiards, chess rooms, a barbershop, a bakery, a wine cellar, restaurants, banquet rooms, a stage for plays, and large verandas, where guests congregated to view the beautiful scenery. Many affluent St. Louisans would stay at the resort ...
and others that died industrial deaths. Many died when therailroadswere removed as the population moved to automobile travel. But, the farming ghost towns are something new to me, even though I grew up in the midst of them. To consciously see these dying towns that litter the vastplainsis ...