Antebellum Alabama

Author : Jennifer Hale
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614235244
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Plantations of Alabama's Black Belt written by Jennifer Hale and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the center of agricultural prosperity in Alabama, the rich soil of the Black Belt still features beautiful homes that stand as a testimony to the regions proud heritage. Join author Jennifer Hale as she explores the history of seventeen of the finest plantation homes in Alabamas Black Belt. This book chronicles the original owners and slaves of the homes, and traces their descendants who continued to call these plantations home throughout the past two centuries. Discover why the families of an Indian chief and a chief justice feuded for over a century about the land on which Belvoir stands. Follow Gaineswoods progress as it grew from a humble log cabin into an opulent mansion. Learn how the original builder and subsequent owners of the Kirkwood Mansion are linked together by a legacy of exceptional and dedicated reservation. Historic Plantations of Alabamas Black Belt recounts the elegant past and hopeful future of a well-loved region of the South.

Author : Herbert James Lewis
Publisher : Quid Pro Books
ISBN 13 : 1610271661
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clearing the Thickets written by Herbert James Lewis and published by Quid Pro Books. This book was released on 2013-03-02 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible and interesting survey of the rise of the state of Alabama from frontier society to the Civil War.

Author : Weymouth T. Jordan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813004938
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antebellum Alabama written by Weymouth T. Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1957-01-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Weymouth T. Jordan
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817303332
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ante-Bellum Alabama written by Weymouth T. Jordan and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GIFT LOCAL 04-12-2006 $23.99.

Author : Marc R. Matrana
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604734698
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Plantations of the South written by Marc R. Matrana and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great majority of the South's plantation homes have been destroyed over time, and many have long been forgotten. In Lost Plantations of the South, Marc R. Matrana weaves together photographs, diaries and letters, architectural renderings, and other rare documents to tell the story of sixty of these vanquished estates and the people who once called them home. From plantations that were destroyed by natural disaster such as Alabama's Forks of Cypress, to those that were intentionally demolished such as Seven Oaks in Louisiana and Mount Brilliant in Kentucky, Matrana resurrects these lost mansions. Including plantations throughout the South as well as border states, Matrana carefully tracks the histories of each from the earliest days of construction to the often contentious struggles to preserve these irreplaceable historic treasures. Lost Plantations of the South explores the root causes of demise and provides understanding and insight on how lessons learned in these sad losses can help prevent future preservation crises. Capturing the voices of masters and mistresses alongside those of slaves, and featuring more than one hundred elegant archival illustrations, this book explores the powerful and complex histories of these cardinal homes across the South.

Author : Delos Hughes
Publisher : NewSouth Books
ISBN 13 : 1588383342
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Alabama Courthouses written by Delos Hughes and published by NewSouth Books. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alabama’s oldest courthouses have witnessed a panorama of history. Historic Alabama Courthouses resurrects historical facts and images of buildings that were the centers of much of the state’s public life during its first century. Photographs of more than 120 buildings, the earliest that the author could find for each structure, are gathered in this significant volume along with historical, architectural, social, legal, and political accounts of their contributions to the landscape of Alabama. Historic Alabama Courthouses also emphasizes architects and builders. Although the names of many of the principals are unknown, those who can be identified play large roles in the stories told in the book. Not only are the architects’ personal histories important, but also the history of the architecture profession in the state can be observed through the relationships and projects they created. Finally, the stories of Alabama’s courthouse builders and contractors are accounts of technical innovation, entrepreneurship, and sometimes imitation, revealing that fashions spread as widely and rapidly in building design and construction as in any other endeavor.

Author : Sydney Nathans
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674977890
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Mind to Stay written by Sydney Nathans and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sydney Nathans offers a counterpoint to the narrative of the Great Migration, a central theme of black liberation in the twentieth century. He tells the story of enslaved families who became the emancipated owners of land they had worked in bondage.

Author : John O’Brien
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439671273
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Notorious Antebellum North Alabama written by John O’Brien and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the Civil War, North Alabama was infamous for lawlessness. The era saw courts filled with defendants who spanned the socioeconomic gamut--farmers, merchants and politicians. In 1811, John B. Haynes tore apart William Badger's house with his bare hands. Rodah Barnett ran a series of ill-reputed brothels in the early 1820s. In 1818, Rebecca Layman "accidentally" gave her husband sulfuric acid instead of rum. There is even a case of assault with frozen corn. Author John O'Brien relays these and more stories of the shady side of North Alabama during the antebellum period.

Author : J. Mills Thornton
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807159158
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics and Power in a Slave Society written by J. Mills Thornton and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than three decades after its initial publication, J. Mills Thornton's Politics and Power in a Slave Society remains the definitive study of political culture in antebellum Alabama. Controversial when it first appeared, the book argues against a view of prewar Alabama as an aristocratic society governed by a planter elite. Instead, Thornton claims that Alabama was an aggressively democratic state, and that this very egalitarianism set the stage for secession. White Alabamians had first-hand experiences with slavery, and these encounters warned them to guard against the imposition of economic or social reforms that might limit their equality. Playing upon their fears, the leaders of the southern rights movement warned that national consolidation presented the danger that fanatic northern reformers would force alien values upon Alabama and its residents. These threats gained traction when national reforms of the 1850s gave state government a more active role in the everyday life of Alabama citizens; and ambitious young politicians were able to carry the state into secession in 1861. Politics and Power in a Slave Society continues to inspire scholars by challenging one of the fundamental articles of the American creed: that democracy intrinsically produces good. Contrary to our conventional wisdom, slavery was not an un-American institution, but rather coexisted with and supported the democratic beliefs of white Alabama.

Author : Randall M. Miller
Publisher : Ayer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780405110498
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cotton Mill Movement in Antebellum Alabama written by Randall M. Miller and published by Ayer Publishing. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: