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About georgelamplugh

I retired in 2010 after nearly four decades of teaching History at the "prep school" level with a PhD. My new "job" was to finish the book manuscript I'd been working on, in summers only, since 1996. As things turned out, not only did I complete that book, but I also put together a collection of my essays--published and unpublished--on Georgia history. Both volumes were published in the summer of 2015. I continue to work on other writing projects, including a collection of essays on the Blues and, of course, my blog.

Religion and Politics in a Memoir About Life in Antebellum Georgia (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 22)

Posted on October 1, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: Among the delights of historical research are the obscure sources unearthed that prove interesting to the historian, if not immediately useful to the topic being investigated. I’d like to offer an example: George Washington Paschal’s memoir of his parents, Agnes and George, and … Continue reading →

Posted in "Cherokee Phoenix" (newspaper), American History, Books, Cherokee Indians, Chief John Ross (Cherokees), Elias Boudinot, George M. Troup, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, John Clark, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized, Wilson Lumpkin | Tagged antebellum Georgia politics, Cherokee Removal, famil memoir as historical source, George Washington Paschal, Jacksonian Democrats | 1 Comment

A Tale of Three Books

Posted on September 15, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[Note: At this point in my career, I have published three books, two of which came out this summer. I figured that at least a few of my faithful readers might be interested in where the ideas for those volumes came from.] * * … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Books, Education, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History graduate school, Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged American History, Georgia History, History graduate school, Prep school teaching with a PhD, publishing, Southern History, WP Longform | 2 Comments

An Anti-Slave Trade Movement in Middle Georgia, 1816-1826? (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 21 )

Posted on September 1, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[Note: Historical research is not always cut and dried. For example, in investigating Georgia politics after the War of 1812, I came upon a movement mounted in Middle Georgia against certain aspects of the legal domestic slave trade, targeting traders who … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Education, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, Popular Culture, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, WP Long Read | Tagged American History textbooks, Compensation Act of 1816, David B. Mitchell, Missouri Compromise, Slave trading in Georgia (legal and illegal), William Harris Crawford | 2 Comments

In [Digital] Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 20: Some Online Sources

Posted on August 15, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: With the new school year upon us, I thought I would offer a post in the “In Pursuit of Dead Georgians” series that is a bit different. This one is for my fellow teachers of American and Georgia history … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Civil War, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, History graduate school, Interdisciplinary Work, Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged Digital Library of Georgia, Galileo website, Georgia History, Georgia newspapers, Teaching History in prep school | Leave a comment

Meanings of “Liberty” During the American Revolution (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 19 )

Posted on August 1, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: During the years of the American Revolutionary Bicentennial, when I had just begun to teach at Atlanta’s Finest Prep School (AFPS), I found myself in demand as a speaker, to a modest degree anyhow. My dissertation had included a … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, American Revolution, Colonial Georgia, Education, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, WP Long Read | Tagged American Revolution in Georgia, Button Gwinnett, James Habersham, John Wereat, Meanings of "Liberty", Sir James Wright | 2 Comments

American Republicanism, Part IV: The Republic between a Rock and a Hard Place, 1801-1815 (History Lesson Plans, 11)

Posted on July 15, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[This is the final post in the series on the early history of American “republicanism.” (For earlier posts see here, here, and here.)] * * * * * During the tumultuous presidential election campaign of 1800, fearful Federalists predicted that victory … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Education, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Work, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, WP Long Read | Tagged " Thomas Jefferson, "James Madison, "Jefferson's Embargo, Battle of New Orleans, Treaty of Ghent, War of 1812 | 2 Comments

A Scrappy Fourth of July! (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 18)

Posted on July 1, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: John Adams predicted that the colonial declaration of independence in the summer of 1776 “would be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. . . . It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parades, with Shews … Continue reading →

Posted in 4th of July, American History, Education, George M. Troup, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, James Gunn, John Clark, John Cuthbert, Nullification, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, WP Long Read | Tagged " Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, Fourth of July, George M. Troup, Georgia History, James Jackson, John Clark, Party Politics | 7 Comments

Early Blues Divas (Blues Stories, 19)

Posted on June 15, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: A different take on an earlier post, “20th –Century Blues Women,” this time emphasizing the decade of the 1920s.] * * * * * 2003 was designated by Congress as “The Year of the Blues” to commemorate W.C. Handy’s first encounter with that music, … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Bessie Smith, Big Mama Thornton, Blues Women, Books, Chicago Blues, Historical Reflection, History, Interdisciplinary Work, Ma Rainey, Mamie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Memphis Minnie, Popular Culture, Research, Retirement, Sippie Wallace and Bonnie Raitt, Southern History, Teaching, The Blues, Uncategorized, WP Long Form, WP Long Read | Tagged American History, American Popular Culture, Bessie Smith, Big Mama Thornton, Blues Divas of the 1920s, Blues Stories, Blues Women of the 1920s, Bonnie Raitt, Ida Cox, Janis Joplin, Mamie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Sippie Wallace, Southern History, The Blues | 2 Comments

American Republicanism, III: Battle for the Soul of the Republic, 1789-1800 (History Lesson Plan, 10)

Posted on June 1, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: This is the penultimate post in the series on the history of Early American Republicanism. For earlier posts, go here and here.] * * * * * Whether the new government created by the Constitution of 1787 was … Continue reading →

Posted in American "republicanism", American History, Constitution of 1787, Education, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, Research, Retirement, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, WP Long Form, WP Long Read | Tagged " Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Federalists v. Republicans, French Revolution, George Washington, John Adams | 2 Comments

American Republicanism, Part II: “A Republic, if you can keep it,” 1776-1788 (History Lesson Plans, 9)

Posted on May 1, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[This is the second in a series concerning the history of American “republicanism.” For the previous post, go here.] * * * * * When the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in May, 1775, fighting had already broken out … Continue reading →

Posted in American "republicanism", American History, American Revolution, Colonial Georgia, Constitution of 1787, Education, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Work, Philadelphia Convention (1787), Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Research, Retirement, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized | Leave a comment