Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord (December 3, 1810 – November 23, 1879) was an American plantation owner and author from South Carolina, best known as a political essayist who wrote on free trade. Between 1848 and 1856, she authored some thirteen essays and a play, Caius Gracchus, appeared in print, in which McCord articulated a defense of slavery as well as a conservative view of women's place in society.
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3 December 1810 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
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23 November 1879 (aged 68) Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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