{"product_id":"slavery-in-the-clover-bottoms-john-mcclines-narrative-of-his-life-during-slavery-and-the-civil-war-9781572334533","title":"Slavery in the Clover Bottoms: John McCline's Narrative of His Life During Slavery and the Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn into slavery on a Tennessee plantation, John McCline escaped from bondage, worked for the Union Army in the Civil War, and eventually found a new life in the American West. \u003ci\u003eSlavery in the Clover Bottoms\u003c\/i\u003e is his own story, recollected in later years, of his life as a slave and as a free man. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e McCline's memoirs, completed in the 1920s and now published for the first time, vividly describe the James Hoggatt plantation in Davidson County: the work and routine of slaves; their religious, family, and social life; the behavior of the overseers; and the atmosphere of violence under Mrs. Hoggatt's omnipresent whip. McCline tells of how he worked with livestock, a boy doing a man's job, until he ran away with the Thirteenth Infantry of Michigan late in 1862, when he was little more than ten years old. For the next two-and-a-half years, young John worked as a teamster and officers' servant, and during that time he witnessed some of the Civil War's most famous battles--such as Murfreesboro, Chickamauga Creek, and Lookout Mountain--as well as Sherman's march through Georgia.\u003cp\u003eMcCline worked in Michigan, Chicago, and St. Louis after the war. He eventually made his way to Colorado, where his skill with horses helped him find employment with James John Hagerman, whose son Herbert would later be appointed governor of New Mexico Territory. McCline lived in Santa Fe from 1906 until his death in 1948 and became a leader in that city's black community. During that period Herbert Hagerman encouraged McCline to write his memoirs and contributed an introduction that also appears in this volume. Jan Furman's introduction puts McCline's story in context, and her notes to the text clarify references.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlavery in the Clover Bottoms\u003c\/i\u003e joins an important body of newly published slave narratives. It provides a vast amount of firsthand detail about slavery and the Civil War and is particularly notable for presenting a former slave's perspective on Sherman's march. Its compelling story spans a continent and tells us much about relationships between the races in the middle and late nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781572334533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Jan Furman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51280658890933,"sku":"9781572334533","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4b8fdd4a-bee5-41f2-9dc5-fcbeb106270b.jpg?v=1751468290","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/slavery-in-the-clover-bottoms-john-mcclines-narrative-of-his-life-during-slavery-and-the-civil-war-9781572334533","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}