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Category Archives: “Cherokee Phoenix” (newspaper)
Factions and Parties in Georgia, 1807-1845, Part 2 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 34)
[Note: This is the second of two posts on the evolution of political parties in Georgia from 1807 to 1845 (for the first, go here). Between 1831 and 1837, the tariff issue became increasingly divisive in Georgia. Some members of … Continue reading
Posted in "Cherokee Phoenix" (newspaper), American "republicanism", American History, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Removal, Chief John Ross (Cherokees), Creek Indians, Elias Boudinot, George M. Troup, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, John Clark, John Cuthbert, Nullification, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized, William Harris Crawford, Wilson Lumpkin, WP Long Read
Tagged "Cherokee Phoenix, Andrew Jackson, antebellum Georgia newspapers and editors, Clark Party, Constitutional-Union Party, Daniel Webster, Democratic Party, Edward Black, Elias Boudinot, Elijah Burritt, Elijah Hicks, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, John Cuthbert, John Quincy Adams, John Ross, Mark Cooper, Martin Van Buren, Nullification, Southern Rights Party, State Rights Party, Tomlinson Fort, Troup Party, Union Party, Walter Colquitt, Whig Party
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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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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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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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The News from Indian Country: The Cherokee Phoenix, 1828-1834, Part II (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 9)
[Note: We conclude the story of the Cherokee Phoenix begun in a previous post. Both the passage by Congress of the Indian Removal Act (1830) and President Jackson’s refusal to enforce the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Worcester v. … Continue reading
The News from Indian Country–The Cherokee Phoenix, 1828-1834, Part I (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 8)
[Note: This began as my contribution to my school’s interdisciplinary examination of Native American culture, but I had another reason for offering to present something on the Cherokee tribal newspaper: the removal of the Cherokees from Georgia was a significant part of my ongoing research project, … Continue reading
Posted in "Cherokee Phoenix" (newspaper), American History, Cherokee Indians, Chief John Ross (Cherokees), Elias Boudinot, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, History, Interdisciplinary Work, Nullification, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Wilson Lumpkin
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Retired But Not Shy 