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Christian and a Lady. And to servants that do so much for me ought I not to be kind and not censorious." Elliot attached familial names to her family's slaves, such as "Brother Bill" and "Aunt Edy", and recorded their deaths with as much grief as she expressed for the deaths of her own relatives. She viewed the word "slave" as a pejorative and used the euphemism "servant" in its place. Elliot would not use the word "slave" until after the war. She reflected in 1865, "The war has closed & the slaves all emancipated. We have had many & sore trials to bear growing out of this social change. Let us weekly bow to the Divine will. We rest in the blessed assurance that 'he doeth all things well'…"
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Jane Evans Elliot's diary is an important historical reference that highlights the dichotomy of many southern women who staunchly supported the
Confederacy while secretly disliking slavery. Elliot's views on slavery were likely influenced by her Christian faith. As a young woman, she wrote "…I ought
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after marrying. The couple had several children together: Mary Eliza, Jennie, Henry, George, Emily (Emmie), Jonothan (Jonnie), and Katie. Around the age of 35, Jane became sick with an unknown illness and was expected to die. The early death of her sister Mollie in 1855 likely exacerbated the
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Jane's diaries consist of three separate books that span the course of her lifetime: Book I (1837-1862), Book II (1863-1870), and Book III (1872-1882). The diaries were first published in 1908 by the
Edwards and Broughton Print Company. In 2007, the Presbyterian Historical Society of
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