Description: Mary Boykin Chesnut
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Mary Boykin Chesnut
Description: Mary Boykin Chesnut Image copyright: oha.alexandriava.gov |
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| When Mary B.Chesnut when was little, she taught a slave how to read when the girl was not allowed to. When Mary was only thirteen she got sent to a French boarding school in Charleston. Her Father died so she came home. Mary got married at age seventeen. Since Mary had no kids to pass her diary to, Mary had to pass her diary to a friend. | |