A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868
CHAPTER LIV.—DAVIS’S BEND.—GRAND GULF.—NATCHEZ.
Home of Jeff. Davis.—Colony of Paupers.—Other Farms on the Peninsula.—Success of the Freedmen.—Colored Courts.—Village of Grand Gulf.—The “Gulf.”—Situation of Natchez.—Cargoes of Cotton.—Talk with an Overseer. 383