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Author | : Noeleen McIlvenna |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2015-08-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1469624044 |
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For twenty years in the eighteenth century, Georgia--the last British colony in what became the United States--enjoyed a brief period of free labor, where workers were not enslaved and were paid. The Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia created a "Georgia experiment" of philanthropic enterprise and moral reform for poor white workers, though rebellious settlers were more interested in shaking off the British social system of deference to the upper class. Only a few elites in the colony actually desired the slave system, but those men, backed by expansionist South Carolina planters, used the laborers' demands for high wages as examples of societal unrest. Through a campaign of disinformation in London, they argued for slavery, eventually convincing the Trustees to abandon their experiment. In The Short Life of Free Georgia, Noeleen McIlvenna chronicles the years between 1732 and 1752 and challenges the conventional view that Georgia's colonial purpose was based on unworkable assumptions and utopian ideals. Rather, Georgia largely succeeded in its goals--until self-interested parties convinced England that Georgia had failed, leading to the colony's transformation into a replica of slaveholding South Carolina.
Author | : Noeleen McIlvenna |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 183 |
Release | : 2020-03-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1469656078 |
Download Early American Rebels Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
During the half century after 1650 that saw the gradual imposition of a slave society in England's North American colonies, poor white settlers in the Chesapeake sought a republic of equals. Demanding a say in their own destinies, rebels moved around the region looking for a place to build a democratic political system. This book crosses colonial boundaries to show how Ingle's Rebellion, Fendall's Rebellion, Bacon's Rebellion, Culpeper's Rebellion, Parson Waugh's Tumult, and the colonial Glorious Revolution were episodes in a single struggle because they were organized by one connected group of people. Adding land records and genealogical research to traditional sources, Noeleen McIlvenna challenges standard narratives that disdain poor whites or leave them out of the history of the colonial South. She makes the case that the women of these families played significant roles in every attempt to establish a more representative political system before 1700. McIlvenna integrates landless immigrants and small farmers into the history of the Chesapeake region and argues that these rebellious anti-authoritarians should be included in the pantheon of the nation's Founders.
Author | : Ellis Merton Coulter |
Publisher | : |
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Release | : 1947 |
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Author | : James C. Cobb |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2010-01-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0820335096 |
Download Georgia Odyssey Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Georgia Odyssey is a lively survey of the state’s history, from its beginnings as a European colony to its current standing as an international business mecca, from the self-imposed isolation of its Jim Crow era to its role as host of the centennial Olympic Games and beyond, from its long reign as the linchpin state of the Democratic Solid South to its current dominance by the Republican Party. This new edition incorporates current trends that have placed Georgia among the country’s most dynamic and attractive states, fueled the growth of its Hispanic and Asian American populations, and otherwise dramatically altered its demographic, economic, social, and cultural appearance and persona. “The constantly shifting cultural landscape of contemporary Georgia,” writes James C. Cobb, “presents a jumbled panorama of anachronism, contradiction, contrast, and peculiarity.” A Georgia native, Cobb delights in debunking familiar myths about his state as he brings its past to life and makes it relevant to today. Not all of that past is pleasant to recall, Cobb notes. Moreover, not all of today’s Georgians are as unequivocal as the tobacco farmer who informed a visiting journalist in 1938 that “we Georgians are Georgian as hell.” That said, a great many Georgians, both natives and new arrivals, care deeply about the state’s identity and consider it integral to their own. Georgia Odyssey is the ideal introduction to our past and a unique and often provocative look at the interaction of that past with our present and future.
Author | : Noeleen McIlvenna |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2021-10-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0820359424 |
Download Some Account of the Design of the Trustees for Establishing Colonys in America Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Some Account of the Design of the Trustees for Establishing Colonys in America is a pamphlet authored by James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the colony of Georgia. In this pamphlet, Oglethorpe ventures into American colonial theory, explores ideas about the southern frontier, and clears a path for the success of his new colony of Georgia. Oglethorpe grapples with questions related to settlement, such as the relationship between the established Church and the individual settler or the type of site he wanted for his colony. Some Account of the Design of the Trustees for Establishing Colonys in America offers new insight into the early days of the colony of Georgia and its founder. The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Author | : Kenneth Coleman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 461 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780820312682 |
Download A History of Georgia Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This standard history of the state of Georgia was first published in 1977. Documenting events from the earliest discoveries by the Spanish to the rapid changes undergone during the civil rights era, the book gives broad coverage to the state's social, political, economic and cultural history.
Author | : Nicholas Awde |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Georgia (Republic) |
ISBN | : 9781898948612 |
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Author | : Kira Randolph |
Publisher | : Benna Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-05-11 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781944038168 |
Download A Short Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A concise overview of the life of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
Author | : E. Merton Coulter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 537 |
Release | : 2003-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780758118592 |
Download Georgia, a Short History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Sarah Gober Temple |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2010-06-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0820335290 |
Download Georgia Journeys Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Originally published: Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1961.