Download or read book Southern Families Made America written by Howard Ray White and published by SouthernBooks. This book was released on 2023-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans today have great difficulty believing that our nation's westward expansion -- over a span of 241 years, from founding Jamestown, Virginia Colony, in 1607, to the Republic of Texas (1836-1846), to expansion to the Pacific by 1848 - was the hard work and sacrifice of Southern families, often large families. Today's culture minimizes achievements of Southern people and overly exaggerates so-called achievements of Northern people. It was the bravery, hard work and sacrifice of both Southern Whites and Southern Blacks that made America. Ten generations of pioneering moms and dads and sons and daughters. In 1607, the first settlers arrived at Jamestown, Virginia Colony. Thirteen years later, in 1620, Puritan Separatists, instead of going to Virginia Colony, went northward to settle what would become New England and established controlling, church-state colonial governments. American's Revolution, fought first in the Northern colonies, was unsuccessful there. So, the British military headed south to put down the American Revolution in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia colonies. Back-country Southern people defended their land with success. Under George Washington's leadership, the War was won at Yorktown, Virginia Colony in 1781. The 1788 treaty in Paris granted Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia control over western land out to the Mississippi River. The fight had been over control of western land, not the price of tea, or taxes on imports, or marine shipping restrictions. George Washington, of Virginia, was America's first 8-year president. Other 8-year presidents from Virginia were Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson, a Virginian, arranged the Louisiana Purchase, paying France only 3 cents per acre for land stretching from the Mississippi River westward out to the northwest Pacific Ocean. In 1815, Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee, brilliantly led Tennessee militia and others to defeat a massive British invasion of New Orleans, the last battle of the War of 1812. Great Britain learned to never fight a war with the Nation Builders of the Southern States. In 1836, Sam Houston, also a Tennessean, led Mexican Texas militia in a well-planned battle to defeat President Santa Anna's Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto. Houston captured Santa Anna and forced him to grant independence for the Republic of Texas. Ten years later, in 1846, having confidence in U. S. President James K. Polk, of Tennessee, Texans voted to merge their huge and prosperous Republic with America and become the State of Texas. President Polk, also a Nation Builder from Tennessee, then led a war of conquest against Mexico to secure the land that remained between Texas and California at the Pacific Ocean. Today, descendants of the Southern Families that Made America are trying to save our country. The democratic principles that Southern Families gave we Americans 175 years ago are, sadly, disappearing. Please read this amazing book, be proud of our South and help us save it.
Download or read book How Southern Families Made America written by Howard White and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Colonial Families of the Southern States of America written by Stella Pickett Hardy and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1965 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Persons searching for Bahamian ancestors will want to study the various lists of names which appear throughout this work, as well as the biographical sketches of descent of more than 200 contemporary Bahamians of distinction.
Download or read book Colonial families of the Southern States of America written by Stella Pickett Hardy and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Southern Families at War Loyalty and Conflict in the Civil War South written by Women's History Catherine Clinton Historian of Southern History, and the American Civil War and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000-07-17 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether it was planter patriarchs struggling to maintain authority, or Jewish families coerced by Christian evangelicalism, or wives and mothers left behind to care for slaves and children, the Civil War took a terrible toll. From the bustling sidewalks of Richmond to the parched plains of the Texas frontier, from the rich Alabama black belt to the Tennessee woodlands, no corner of the South went unscathed. Through the prism of the southern family, this volume of twelve original essays provides fresh insights into this watershed in American history.
Download or read book Like a Family written by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-12-30 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its original publication in 1987, Like a Family has become a classic in the study of American labor history. Basing their research on a series of extraordinary interviews, letters, and articles from the trade press, the authors uncover the voices and experiences of workers in the Southern cotton mill industry during the 1920s and 1930s. Now with a new afterword, this edition stands as an invaluable contribution to American social history. "The genius of Like a Family lies in its effortless integration of the history of the family--particularly women--into the history of the cotton-mill world.--Ira Berlin, New York Times Book Review "Like a Family is history, folklore, and storytelling all rolled into one. It is a living, revelatory chronicle of life rarely observed by the academe. A powerhouse.--Studs Terkel "Here is labor history in intensely human terms. Neither great impersonal forces nor deadening statistics are allowed to get in the way of people. If students of the New South want both the dimensions and the feel of life and labor in the textile industry, this book will be immensely satisfying.--Choice
Download or read book Happy Heritage Genealogies of Seven Southern Families written by Lyndon Jane Lee 1875- Cannon and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lyndon Jane Lee Cannon's fascinating book traces the genealogy of seven families from the American South, exploring their histories, traditions, and connections with one another. With meticulous research and engaging storytelling, Cannon brings to life the experiences of these families and the impact they had on the development of the American South. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in genealogy, Southern history, or the saga of the American family. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Notable Southern Families written by Janie Preston Collup French and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Colonial Families of the Southern States of America written by Stella Pickett Hardy and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Colonial Families Of The Southern States Of America: A History And Genealogy Of Colonial Families Who Settled In The Colonies Prior To The Revolution Stella Pickett Hardy Wright, 1911 Reference; Genealogy; Reference / Genealogy; Southern States; Southern states
Download or read book Sociology for the South written by George Fitzhugh and published by Richmond, Virginia : [s.n.]. This book was released on 1854 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociology for the South: Or, The Failure of Free Society by George Fitzhugh, first published in 1854, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Download or read book Slavery by Another Name written by Douglas A. Blackmon and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the mistreatment of black Americans. In this 'precise and eloquent work' - as described in its Pulitzer Prize citation - Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history - an 'Age of Neoslavery' that thrived in the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II. Using a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Blackmon unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude thereafter. By turns moving, sobering and shocking, this unprecedented account reveals these stories, the companies that profited the most from neoslavery, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today.
Download or read book Made In Texas written by Michael Lind and published by . This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone knows that President George W. Bush is from Texas. But few of us know the role his home state plays in his presidency, and in our country. In this dual biography of man and state, Michael Lind confronts the chief crises of Bush's presidency--the economy, the Middle East, and religious fundamentalism--and traces their roots back to Texas, a state, Lind argues, that yields salient clues to the future course of our country.Widely praised as an iconoclastic and brilliant political observer, Lind, a fifth generation Texan, chronicles the ethnic clash that produced modern Texas, the well-known plundering of the state's natural resources at the hands of its elites, and finally the deep strain of "Old Testament religiosity" which, having originated in Texas, now reaches all over the globe in the form of Bush's foreign policy.In the tradition of Gary Wills's Reagan's America, Made in Texas provides a wholly original cultural history that should change the way we understand not just our president, but our country.
Download or read book African American Genealogical Research written by Paul R. Begley and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Southern Families at War Loyalty and Conflict in the Civil War South written by Women's History Catherine Clinton Historian of Southern History, and the American Civil War and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000-07-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether it was planter patriarchs struggling to maintain authority, or Jewish families coerced by Christian evangelicalism, or wives and mothers left behind to care for slaves and children, the Civil War took a terrible toll. From the bustling sidewalks of Richmond to the parched plains of the Texas frontier, from the rich Alabama black belt to the Tennessee woodlands, no corner of the South went unscathed. Through the prism of the southern family, this volume of twelve original essays provides fresh insights into this watershed in American history.
Download or read book U S History written by P. Scott Corbett and published by . This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 1886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.
Download or read book Black Identities written by Mary C. WATERS and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of West Indian immigrants to the United States is generally considered to be a great success. Mary Waters, however, tells a very different story. She finds that the values that gain first-generation immigrants initial success--a willingness to work hard, a lack of attention to racism, a desire for education, an incentive to save--are undermined by the realities of life and race relations in the United States. Contrary to long-held beliefs, Waters finds, those who resist Americanization are most likely to succeed economically, especially in the second generation.
Download or read book Not A Nation of Immigrants written by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debunks the pervasive and self-congratulatory myth that our country is proudly founded by and for immigrants, and urges readers to embrace a more complex and honest history of the United States Whether in political debates or discussions about immigration around the kitchen table, many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, will say proudly that we are a nation of immigrants. In this bold new book, historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz asserts this ideology is harmful and dishonest because it serves to mask and diminish the US’s history of settler colonialism, genocide, white supremacy, slavery, and structural inequality, all of which we still grapple with today. She explains that the idea that we are living in a land of opportunity—founded and built by immigrants—was a convenient response by the ruling class and its brain trust to the 1960s demands for decolonialization, justice, reparations, and social equality. Moreover, Dunbar-Ortiz charges that this feel good—but inaccurate—story promotes a benign narrative of progress, obscuring that the country was founded in violence as a settler state, and imperialist since its inception. While some of us are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, others are descendants of white settlers who arrived as colonizers to displace those who were here since time immemorial, and still others are descendants of those who were kidnapped and forced here against their will. This paradigm shifting new book from the highly acclaimed author of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States charges that we need to stop believing and perpetuating this simplistic and a historical idea and embrace the real (and often horrific) history of the United States.
