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James S. Peacocke was an author in the United States.[1] He resided in East Feliciana, Florida. He was later listed as an M.D. of Mississippi.[2] He was a planter in Redwood, Louisiana.[3] He wrote a novel about two enslaved creole girls. He referenced Jesus.[4] His abolitionist fiction included the "tragic octoroon" character.[5] In addition to dealing with the subject of offspring from "interracial" relations, he also used the "conventional" theme of abolitionists converted upon visiting an estate.[6]

One of many novels dealing with slavery, the "peculiar institution" as it was referred to, his novel Creole Orphans, or, Lights and Shadows of Southern Life; A Tale of Louisiana was described as "written with a vigorous pen" and "well drawn" characters.[7] Creole Orphans was described in Godey's Lady Book as somewhat well written but could not approve of it as "agreeable" for "refined lady readers."[8]

He translated Julian Silveyra's 1845 from Spanish into English as Tobacco in the Island of Cuba printed in the American Agriculturist. He was noted as living in East Feliciana, Florida.[9][10]

In 1846 his letter with recommendations for fattening hogs was published in American Agriculturist.[11] In 1847, another of his letter's was published.[12] In 1847 he wrote about a disease afflicting the genitals of black children in Louisiana and the treatments he tried for it.[13]

In 1858 he was quoted as writing from the St. Cloud Plantation in East Feliciana in support of results for a medical approach.[6]

An excerpt of his book Creole Orphans was published in The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor under the heading "Negro Philosophy; a Fish Story"[14]

His book The Orphan Girls was advertised as "A highly wrought story of Southern life under the old slave régime, in which the heroines were two lovely creole orphans, highly educated and accomplished, but reduced to slavery by the death of their parent, and the fiendish cruelty of those inheriting the property."[15] He wrote about the use of manure as fertilizer.[16]

Books

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  • Two White Slaves Columbian Publishing Co. (1890)[17]
  • The Creole Orphans H. W. Derby, Cincinnati, Ohio (1856)[18] Derby & Jackson, New York (1856)[19] also (1865) as Creole Orphans, or, Lights and Shadows of Southern Life M. York, Philadelphia[20]
  • The Orphan Girls: A Tale of Southern Life

See also

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  • Jeremy Loud, author of The Orphan Boy, or, Lights and Shadows of Humble Life

References

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  1. ^ Phillips, Lawrence Barnett (November 26, 1881). The Great Index of Biographical Reference: Containing Over One Hundred Thousand Names ; Together with a Classed Index of the Biographical Literature of Europe and America. Gebbie & Company – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Flint, Henry Martyn (November 26, 1868). "The Railroads of the United States; their History and Statistics: comprising the progress and present condition of the various lines with their earnings and expenses, and showing their wonderful power in developing the resources of the country: To which are added a synopsis of the railroad laws of the United States, and an article on the comparative merits of iron and steel rails. By Henry M. Flint". Potter – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Unger, Nancy C. (October 5, 2012). Beyond Nature's Housekeepers: American Women in Environmental History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-998600-2 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Jacobs, Harriet A. (November 30, 2009). Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself, with "A True Tale of Slavery" by John S. Jacobs. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-03583-6 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Sollors, Werner (October 19, 2000). Interracialism: Black-White Intermarriage in American History, Literature, and Law. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-802951-9 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b Gaines, Francis Pendleton (November 26, 1924). The Southern Plantation: A Study in the Development and the Accuracy of a Tradition. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-94194-5 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "The Ladies' Repository". A. Tompkins. November 26, 1856 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Godey's Lady's Book". Godey Company. November 26, 1856 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Legare, J. D. (November 26, 1846). "The Southern Agriculturist". A. E. Miller – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Register of All Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, ...: With the Names, Force, and Condition of All Ships and Vessels Belonging to the United States, and when and where Built : Together with the Names and Compensation of All Printers in Any Way Employed, by Congress Or Any Department, Or Officer of Government". A.B. Claxton and Company. November 26, 1851 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "American Agriculturist" – via books.google.com.
  12. ^ "American Agriculturist" – via books.google.com.
  13. ^ "The Southern Medical and Surgical Journal". J. McCafferty. November 26, 1847 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ "The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor" – via books.google.com.
  15. ^ The Publishers' Trade List Annual – via books.google.com.
  16. ^ "The Political Economy of Slavery" – via books.google.com.
  17. ^ "Two white slaves;". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. LCCN ca09-4837
  18. ^ S, Peacocke, James. "The Creole orphans;" (PDF) – via Wikimedia Commons.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ Peacocke, James S. (1856). The Creole Orphans – via books.google.com.
  20. ^ Allibone, Samuel Austin (1871). "A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century" – via books.google.com.
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