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Category Archives: Southern (Georgia) History
The Road to Jim Crow, 1875-1900, Part 2 (Teaching Civil Rights, 10)
[Note: In the previous post in this series, we looked at the short-term consequences of the acceptance, by white southerners, and many northerners, of the so-called “New South Creed,” which offered a prettified picture of the “Old South” and a … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Historical Reflection, History, Research, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Age of Jim Crow, American History, American History and Culture, Civil Rights Movement, education, Historical Reflection, history, History Curriculum, History Teaching, History Teaching Career Retrospective, Prep school teaching, Southern History, Teaching History, The Blues, The Great Migration, WP Longform
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Draining the Creeks (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 28)
A Review of William W. Winn, The Triumph of the Ecunnau-Nuxulgee: Land Speculators, George M. Troup, State Rights, and the Removal of the Creek Indians from Georgia and Alabama, 1825-38. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2015. [Note: As an historian … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Books, Creek Indians, Education, George M. Troup, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Teaching, Research, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, WP Long Read
Tagged American History, American History and Culture, George M. Troup, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, history, History Teaching, Retirement, Southern History, Teaching, Teaching History, William McIntosh, WP Longform
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Georgia Visions: A Continuing Drama in at Least Six Acts, Part 2 (Adventures in Interdisciplinary Land, 10)
[NOTE: This is the concluding part of a post derived from a talk I presented, on two occasions, to foreign students visiting my school, on the history of the state of Georgia. For Part I, go here.] * * * … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Georgia History, Henry Grady, Historical Reflection, History, History Teaching, Interdisciplinary Work, Martin Luther King, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Sun Belt, Teaching, Tom Watson, Uncategorized
Tagged American History, American History and Culture, Civil Rights Movement, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, history, History Teaching, Interdisciplinary Work, Prep school teaching, Teaching History
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Georgia Visions: A Continuing Drama in at Least Six Acts, Part 1 (Adventures in Interdisciplinary Land, 10)
[NOTE: On two occasions, separated by more than two decades, I was asked at my school to address visiting foreign students about the history of the state of Georgia. In 1985, the audience was a group of students from France; … Continue reading
Posted in American History, American Revolution, Colonial Georgia, Education, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Teaching, Interdisciplinary Work, Popular Culture, Prep School, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged American History, American History and Culture, American Revolution in Georgia, Georgia and the American Revolution, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, history, History Teaching, Interdisciplinary Work, Prep school teaching, Southern History, Teaching, Teaching 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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Georgia’s Notorious Yazoo Land Fraud and Its Consequences, Part 1 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 27 )
[NOTE: The Yazoo land fraud was the key issue in my doctoral dissertation (and the book that grew out of it), which treated the evolution of political parties in Georgia between the American Revolution and 1806. And yet, the Yazoo … Continue reading
Posted in American History, George M. Troup, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, James Gunn, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized, William Harris Crawford, WP Long Read
Tagged Compact of 1802, Fletcher v. Peck (1810), George M. Troup, Georgia, James Jackson (Georgia political leader), John Randolph of Roanoke, Rescinding Act (1796), Yazoo Land Fraud
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They don’t call me “Dr. Excitement” for nothin’, you know! (Be True to Your School, 5)
[Note: In a previous post in this series, I discussed how certain personal eccentricities helped me construct a “classroom persona,” one “Dr.,” beard, polyester suit, and awful pun at a time. In this entry, I’d like to offer a few … Continue reading
Posted in "The Race Beat", Age of Jim Crow, American History, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Cold War, Dr. Martin Luther King, Elias Boudinot, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Work, Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, The Blues, Uncategorized, Vietnam War
Tagged Age of Jim Crow, American History, American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, Blues, Civil Rights Movement, Cold War, Historical Reflection, History Curriculum, History Teaching, History Teaching Career Retrospective, Interdisciplinary Work, Prep school teaching with a PhD, Southern History
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A Local Obituary for “King Cotton” in Georgia (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 27)
A Review of William Rawlings, A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff: The Great Recession and the Death of Small-town Georgia. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2013. * * * * * [At his website, William Rawlings bills himself as an … Continue reading
“Who was that Masked Man?”: Building a Classroom Persona (Be True to Your School, 4)
[NOTE: In a previous post in this series, I saluted the two best teachers I’ve ever had, Miss Gertrude Weaver (high school) and Professor James Rabun (graduate school). In addition to deep knowledge of history and loads of energy and … Continue reading
Posted in "big bucks", American History, building a classroom persona, classroom eccentricities, Delaware, Education, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, History Teaching, jogging, memoir, New Jersey, Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Teaching, The Blues, Uncategorized, WP Long Read
Tagged American History, American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, building a classroom persona, education, Historical Reflection, History Teaching, History Teaching Career Retrospective, Prep school teaching, Prep school teaching with a PhD
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