Emily Jane Liles Harris
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Emily Jane Liles Harris (1827-1899)[1] was a farmer and writer whom lived in Spartanburg, South Carolina. [2] Emily was the only daughter of Amos Liles and Sarah Daniels. Her father Amos, who was also farmer as well as a slave owner, while her mother, Sarah, stayed home and tended to the children.[1] When Emily was 13, her family moved to Fairforest, South Carolina and settled on a farm with their slaves.[2]
Education
When Emily and her family moved to Fairforest, her father, Amos wanted his only daughter to have an education. Therefore, he sent her to the Spartanburg Female Academy (also known as the Spartanburg Female Seminary)[3]and studied under Pheobe Paine, who was a schoolteacher from Windham, Maine[2]. Paine strongly believed that women should be educated and put their intellection.[4]While Emily was learning under Paine, she developed her skill of writing.
Emily's Husband and Their Life
Emily married her husband David Golightly Harris (1824-1875)[5]on April 3, 1846. Together the two had nine children but a set of twins had passed away when war broke out.[4]
David was the only son of a thriving farmer and real estate investor.[2] Before the Civil War, David was a small slaveholder in Spartanburg, South Carolina.[5] David's father gave him 50 acres so he would be able to start his own farm. Same with Emily, she inherited her fathers farm and five of his slaves. Together, the two had 1,000 acres of land and ten slaves.[1]
Reference
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Life Story: Emily Jane Liles Harris (1827–1899)". Women And The American Story.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Harris, Emily Jane Likes". South Carolina Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
- ↑ Wilson, Robert L., "Two Southern Women Writers: the Civil War Journals of Emily Jane Liles Harris and Mary Boykin Chesnut" (2017). Graduate Theses. 75
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Racine, Philip N. "Emily Liles Harris: A Piedmont Farmer during the Civil War". The South Atlantic quarterly. 79: 386–97.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "1. A White Piedmont Farmer Reflects on Black Freedom · After Slavery: Educator Resources · Lowcountry Digital History Initiative". ldhi.library.cofc.edu. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
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