tnum_ocarr_000200 000200 ocarr tnum yes Uncle Sams Plantations Southern States--Economic conditions African Americans--Southern States African American--Economic conditions--Southern States Agriculture--Southern States Plantation owners--Southern States Plantation owners--Economic conditions--Southern States Slaves--Economic conditions--Southern States Slaves--Southern States Slavery--Southern States Slaves--Emancipation--Southern States Letter describing the life and times of an anonymous plantation owner before and after the Civil War, giving him the pseudonym, Uncle Sam. The letter talks generally about the economic plight of the Southern plantation owner after the abolition of slavery and contends that both the slave owner and the slave were better off under the system of slavery when compared to the system that followed. The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. Knoxville, Tenn. : University of Tennessee, Knoxville in association with the University of Memphis Special Collections University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. Volunteer Voices (Project) 2008-01-28 Letters (correspondence) http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003313 Oscar Clark Carr, Jr. Papers, Ms. 134, University of Memphis Special Collections, Memphis, Tennessee 1944-05-27 Shelby County (Tenn.) Memphis (Tenn.) For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200 20101201 155723