Freedom in a Slave Society: Stories from the Antebellum South
Johanna Nicol Shields
A brief account of Nicholas Hentz's scientific interests is in Collier Cobb, “ Nicholas Marcellus Hentz,” journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 47 ( January, 1932): 47-51. For concise biographi— cal sketches of both Hentzes, see Mary ...