Category Archives: History Curriculum

The Sheftalls Strike Back: “Mr. Printer” (Two versions, 1785)–Historical Problem, 5

Posted on May 15, 2016 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE:  Parts of “A Citizen’s” pamphlet, which was scattered about the streets of Savannah, Georgia, late in 1784, reeked of anti-Semitism.  Thus, it was no surprise that, early in 1785, the Sheftalls, one of Savannah’s leading Jewish families, responded.  Thanks … Continue reading →

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Changing Views of the Removal of the Cherokees from Georgia (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 25)

Posted on May 1, 2016 by georgelamplugh

[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 →

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“A Citizen,” “Cursory Remarks on Men and Measures in Georgia” (1784): Historical Problem, 4–The Pamphlet

Posted on April 15, 2016 by georgelamplugh

“A Citizen,” Cursory Remarks on Men and Measures in Georgia. N.p., 1784.  Microprint:  American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.  30 pp. [NOTE:  If you have read the previous posts in this series, you know that you have embarked on an “historical problem,” … Continue reading →

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The “Brutus Letters” (1784)–and a Note on Purchasers of Confiscated Property: Historical Problem, 3

Posted on March 15, 2016 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE:  Beginning in the summer of 1784, Chief Justice George Walton, apparently with aid from his Revolutionary associate, Richard Howley, launched a series of letters in the Georgia Gazette attacking the administration of Governor John Houstoun for being, essentially, “soft on Tories.”  … Continue reading →

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Growing Up White in the Jim Crow South: Two Perspectives from Georgia (Teaching Civil Rights, 3)

Posted on March 1, 2016 by georgelamplugh

A Review of: Hamilton Jordan, A Boy from Georgia: Coming of Age in the Segregated South (edited by Kathleen Jordan). Athens, Ga., and London:  The University of Georgia Press, 2015.                                             Jim Auchmutey, The Class of ’65: A Student, A … Continue reading →

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Historical Problem, “Who Was ‘A Citizen'” (Georgia, 1783-1788), Part 2: Debut of “A Citizen” (1783)

Posted on February 15, 2016 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE:  Last month, I introduced an “historical problem” about the writings of an angry Georgian after the American Revolution who called himself “A Citizen.” Although “A Citizen’s” pamphlet, Cursory Remarks on Men and Measures in Georgia (1784), is the focus of … Continue reading →

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Historical Problem: Who Was “A Citizen”? (Georgia,1783-1788)–Part 1: Introduction

Posted on January 15, 2016 by georgelamplugh

  One thing that made historical research bearable, even fun for me at times,  was how I ran into interesting characters during my studies in Georgia history, people about whom I wished to learn more; began storing references to their activities; and, … Continue reading →

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The “Great Migration”: Two Views (Teaching Civil Rights, 2)

Posted on January 1, 2016 by georgelamplugh

A Review of: Nicholas Lemann, The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America (1991); and Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration (2010) [Note:  I’ve been thinking a lot … Continue reading →

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Alive and Still Bloggin’: “Retired But Not Shy” at Five

Posted on November 14, 2015 by georgelamplugh

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 →

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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 →

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