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OverviewSupplying a wealth of material from locales and a time for which few primary sources exist, Baptist Faith in Action brings to print the writings of Maria Baker Taylor (1813-1895), a strong-minded plantation mistress who spent her life in South Carolina and Florida. The granddaughter of Richard Furman, South Carolina's foremost nineteenth-century Baptist minister, Taylor was a well-educated and sophisticated member of South Carolina's second-tier planter class. She was also a most fervent Baptist. Notable for its geographical and temporal breadth, this collection of letters, diary entries, essays, and poems affords an unmatched view into the life of a woman living on the South's interior frontier during the nineteenth century. Born in Sumter County, South Carolina, Maria Baker married John Morgandollar Taylor in 1834. Throughout their marriage the couple lived on the geographical frontier, first in Beaufort District, South Carolina, and then in Marion County, Florida. The mother of thirteen children, Taylor taught her children and grandchildren at home, devoted large amounts of time to church work, and read voraciously. She also wrote voluminously, keeping diaries, exchanging letters, and occasionally publishing anonymous articles in Baptist publications. These writings document the spiritual life of an evangelical Baptist woman and explore the impact of the American Civil War on her world. Of particular interest, these writings reveal how Taylor's day-to-day experiences differed dramatically from the stereotypical image of southern plantation life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Maria Baker Taylor , Kathryn Carlisle SchwartzPublisher: University of South Carolina Press Imprint: University of South Carolina Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.871kg ISBN: 9781570034978ISBN 10: 1570034974 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 31 August 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationKathryn Carlisle Schwartz, a great-granddaughter of Maria Baker Taylor, holds a B.A. from Bard College and a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. She is professor emerita of English at Ohio Wesleyan University, where she directed the freshmen composition program and taught courses in women's literature, the novel of manners, and organization writing. Now retired, she lives in Delaware, Ohio. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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