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A Feast of Reason

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Description

James Madison Hall kept a journal from 1860 until just before his death in 1866, through which he recorded a day by day log of events in his life and the lives of his circle of relatives, slaves, and friends. It also served as a record of business dealings, money borrowed and repaid, and cost of items all over the war. Hall lived in Houston County, Texas, where he used to be a farmer, and in Liberty County, Texas, where he used to be a merchant and mayor of Liberty.

This book illustrates the house life of Texans all over the Civil War and includes Hall’s relationship with blacks, especially a man named Billl Hicks, who changed into Hall’s miller when Hall used to be away. This book traces the changing relationships betweeen slaves and masters all over the early post-war transition, before Congressional Reconstruction started. Hall’s feast of reason used to be to refuse to enter the military, even supposing he favored seccession; to adapt to changing needs and circumstances; and to remain a voice of fairness and moderation all over these trying times.

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