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Category Archives: Cherokee Indians
State Rights, Nullification, and Indian Removal in Georgia, Part 2 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 31)
[Note: In Part 1 of this post, we looked at the development of the political philosophy of “state rights” in Georgia. Originally a product of–what else?–the Yazoo Land Fraud, the concept of “state rights” subsequently was developed by Georgia Congressman–and, … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Removal, Chief John Ross (Cherokees), Creek Indians, Education, Elias Boudinot, George M. Troup, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Teaching, John Clark, Nullification, Research, Southern History, Uncategorized, Wilson Lumpkin
Tagged American History, American History and Culture, education, George M. Troup, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, history, History Teaching, Prep school teaching, Southern History, Teaching, Teaching History
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State Rights, Nullification, and Indian Removal in Georgia, Part 1 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 31)
[Note: A friend of mine, Dr. Joseph Kitchens, retired Director of the Funk Heritage Center at Georgia’s Reinhardt University, has a knack for asking provocative questions. A couple of years ago, for instance, we were discussing possible topics for a … Continue reading
Posted in ""state rights", American History, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Removal, Chief John Ross (Cherokees), Chief Justice John Marshall, Creek Indians, Elias Boudinot, George M. Troup, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, Nullification, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, Wilson Lumpkin
Tagged ""state rights", American History, George M. Troup, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, Southern History
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Georgia’s Notorious Yazoo Land Fraud and Its Consequences, Part 2 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 27)
[Note: The first post in this series discussed the Yazoo land fraud and its consequences between 1795 and 1815 or so. This part carries the story through the late 1830s, when Georgia, strongly supported by President Andrew Jackson, finally realized … Continue reading
Posted in "Cherokee Phoenix" (newspaper), American History, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Removal, Chief John Ross (Cherokees), Creek Indians, George M. Troup, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, John Clark, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized, William Harris Crawford, Wilson Lumpkin, WP Long Read
Tagged ""state rights", "Cherokee Phoenix" (newspaper), "Trail of Tears, "Treaty of Ft. Jackson (1814), Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), Cherokee Removal Crisis (Georgia), Chief William McIntosh (Creeks), Compact of 1802, Elias Boudinot, Governor David B. Mitchell (Georgia), Governor John Forsyth (Georgia), President Andrew Jackson, President John Quincy Adams, Treaty of Ft. Mitchell (1827), Treaty of New Echota (1835), Treaty of Washington (1826), Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
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Life–and Death–on A Cherokee Plantation (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 26)
A Review of Tiya Miles, The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2010. [Note: Those interested in the history of the Cherokee Nation in Georgia know about the Vann House, or think … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Books, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Removal, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized
Tagged Chief Vann House State Historic Site, Georgia History, James Vann, John and Anna Rosina Gambold, Joseph Vann, Moravian missionaries, Peggy Scott Vann, Tiya Miles
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“The Flags, Daddy, the Flags!”: “Retired But Not Shy” at Six
[NOTE: I launched Retired But Not Shy: Doing History After Leaving the Classroom a couple of weeks following my retirement, in May 2010, from nearly four decades teaching History in an Atlanta prep school. I really didn’t know what I was doing, but, as the … Continue reading
Posted in American "republicanism", American History, Arnold M. Shankman, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Removal, Civil Rights Movement, Creek Indians, Delta Blues, Dr. Martin Luther King, Education, Elias Boudinot, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, Interdisciplinary Work, Martin Luther King, Mississippi John Hurt, Newark (Del.) High School Class of 1962, Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, The Blues, Uncategorized, Wilson Lumpkin, WP Long Read
Tagged "Retired But Not Shy" at Six;wordpress.com; teaching History backwards;the Blues;in pursuit of dead Georgians;Dr. Arnold M. Shankman;, Newark (Delaware) High School Class of 1962
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Changing Views of the Removal of the Cherokees from Georgia (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 25)
[NOTE: Over the past several years, while researching Rancorous Enmities and Blind Partialities: Factions and Parties in Georgia, 1807-1845 (2015), I read a lot of books on Cherokee removal and the “Trail of Tears,” key events during the years covered in that volume. These … Continue reading
Posted in "Cherokee Phoenix" (newspaper), American History, Books, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Removal, Chief John Ross (Cherokees), Civil War, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, WP Long Form, WP Long Read
Tagged A.J. Langguth, Brian Hicks, Daniel Black Smith, John Ehle, Steve Inskeep, Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green, Thurman Wilkins, Tim Alan Garrison
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Creeks and Cherokees–Walking Native Ground (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 23)
[NOTE: Recently, I finished reading Tiya Miles’s fine study, The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story, the history of the property we now know as the Chief Vann House State Historic Site, in Chatsworth, Georgia. The House on … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Books, Cherokee Indians, Creek Indians, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, Research, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized
Tagged Books, Cherokee Indians, Creek Indians, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, history, Research, Southern History
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Alive and Still Bloggin’: “Retired But Not Shy” at Five
A little over a year ago, I posted an account of the evolution of this blog as it reached its fourth birthday. It’s now time to provide an update, a few months after the fifth anniversary of “Retired But Not Shy,” and the appearance … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Jim Crow, American "republicanism", American Revolution, Books, Cherokee Indians, Civil Rights Movement, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, History graduate school, Martin Luther King, Mississippi John Hurt, Muddy Waters, Newark (Del.) High School Class of 1962, prep school teaching with a PhD, Research, Retirement, Rick Lamplugh, Ronald Reagan, Son House, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, The Blues, Uncategorized, Wilson Lumpkin, Wolves
Tagged " Hardy Jackson, "American Republicanism, Blogging, Fifth anniversary of a blog, George R. Gilmer, James Broussard, James Krefft, Mississippi John Hurt, Teaching History Backwards, Wilson Lumpkin
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Religion and Politics in a Memoir About Life in Antebellum Georgia (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 22)
[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
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