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Caroline E. (Caroline Elizabeth) Merrick
b. 1825
Best known for Old Times in Dixie Land, this Louisiana writer left a vivid first-person account of plantation life, the Civil War, and the changing South. She was also active in the temperance movement and later supported women's rights.
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Old Times in Dixie Land: A Southern Matron's Memories
by Caroline E. (Caroline Elizabeth) Merrick
About the author
Born in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, in 1825, Caroline Elizabeth Merrick was an American writer, reformer, and memoirist. She is remembered most for Old Times in Dixie Land: A Southern Matron's Memories (1901), a reflective book that draws on her experiences in the antebellum South and during the Civil War.
Merrick was married to Edwin Thomas Merrick, a lawyer who later served as chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Beyond her writing, she was known for temperance work, and reference sources also describe her as connected with the women's suffrage movement.
Her work remains valuable for readers interested in personal accounts of nineteenth-century Louisiana. Through memory, observation, and strong opinions, she offers a window into a world that was already disappearing by the time she wrote it.