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Thomas Nelson Page, 1853-1922, Genevieve Cowles, b. 1871, illustrated by, and Maude Cowles, 1871-1905, illustrated by
Social Life in Old Virginia before the War.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897.

"She was never anything but tender with the others."

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Illustration

Subjects:
  • Children.
  • Infants.
  • African Americans--Women.
  • Child rearing.
  • Slaves.
  • Women domestics.
  • Drawings.
  • Country life--Virginia.