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“Retro-Posts,” 1: An Introduction: “About” page; First Post (June 2010)
This blog, “Retired But Not Shy,” is almost twelve years old. During that time, I’ve put up two hundred and twenty posts, not including this one. If you go to the blog’s home page, you should notice several methods to … Continue reading
The Yazoo Land Fraud and the Politics of Upcountry Georgia, Part 2
[Note: This is the conclusion of a two-part post about the impact of Georgia’s notorious Yazoo Land Fraud (1795-1796) on a region of the state that was rife with land hunger. For Part 1, go here.] * * * * … Continue reading
Posted in ""state rights", American History, George M. Troup, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Teaching, James Gunn, James Jackson, John Clark, Research, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, William Harris Crawford, Yazoo Land Fraud
Tagged American History, American History and Culture, George M. Troup, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, history, James Gunn, James Jackson (Georgia political leader), John Clark, Southern History, Teaching History, William Harris Crawford, Yazoo Land Fraud
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The Civil War in Fifty Minutes, Part 2 (History Lesson Plans, 12)
[Note: This is the second of a two-part post, “The Civil War in Fifty Minutes,” that I gave to my AP United States History students at the prep school where I taught for nearly forty years. As I’ve explained elsewhere, … Continue reading
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The Civil War in Fifty Minutes, Part 1 (History Lesson Plans, 12)
[Note: As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, my approach to the Civil War has had its ups and downs. By the time the Civil War Centennial opened in 1960, I had become interested in the conflict; so interested that, by the time … Continue reading
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Fourth of July Oratory in Antebellum Georgia, 2 (Thomas U.P. Charlton, Savannah,1815)–In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 35
[Note: Last year, I offered a “blast from the past” about the celebration of Independence Day in Antebellum Georgia, a summary and analysis of a 4th of July oration delivered in 1838 in the small town of Hawkinsville by … Continue reading
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To Ben on Father’s Day, 2021
[Note: In honor of Father’s Day, I wish again to recognize Ben Lamplugh, whose story has occupied so much of this blog over the past couple of years (2019–2020). Here I combine lightly edited excerpts from the “Introduction” to the … Continue reading
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Blogging Through the Pandemic: “Retired But Not Shy” at Eleven
[Note: Funny thing: I’ve been feeling trapped in “writer’s block” for the past year, even recording my supposed plight a couple of times in my journal. And yet. . . Looking back at the blog posts I’ve put up since … Continue reading
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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Factions and Parties in Georgia, 1807-1845, Part 1 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 34)
[Note: Between 1807 and 1845, the political system in Georgia underwent a reluctant, clumsy, and—to outsiders—baffling evolution. Georgia politics seemed so bizarre that Baltimore editor Hezekiah Niles was wont to look down his increasingly Whiggish nose and mutter something along … Continue reading
Posted in American "republicanism", American History, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Removal, Creek Indians, George M. Troup, Historical Reflection, History, James Gunn, John Clark, Nullification, Research, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized, William Harris Crawford
Tagged Cherokee Indians, Clark Party, Compensation Act (1816), Crawford Party, Creek Indians, George M. Troup, James Gunn, James Jackson, John C. Calhoun, John Milledge, Nullifcation, Troup Party, William Harris Crawford, Yazoo Land Fraud, Yazoo Settlement (1814)
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J.D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy”: Two Reviews
[Note: In 2016, J.D. Vance published Hillbilly Elegy, a memoir of his growing up as a child in a later, Appalachian white, version of the “Great Migration,” a youngster who accompanied his mother and her extended family from a “holler” … Continue reading
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Retired But Not Shy 