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The Secession of Mississippi
January 9, 2020, is the 160th anniversary of the secession of Mississippi Named for war hero Andrew Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi, was founded in 1821 at the intersection of the Natchez Trace and the Pearl River. Jackson himself had come through … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Antebellum South, Economics, Politics, Primary Sources, Slavery
Tagged 160th Anniversary, Andrew Jackson, cotton, Declaration of Immediate Causes, Jackson Mississippi, John C. Calhoun, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, Mississippi secession, Nullification, Ordinance of Secession, secession, Slavery, Thomas Jefferson
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Granger’s Juneteenth Orders and the Limiting of Freedom
Juneteenth is recognized as the symbolic end of slavery in the United States. Galveston, Texas, held out as a Confederate stronghold after Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Once occupied by Union forces, Major General Gordon Granger established his headquarters … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Memory, Newspapers, Primary Sources, Reconstruction, Slavery
Tagged cotton, emancipation, Galveston, Gordon Granger, Juneteenth, Slavery
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The Port Royal Experiment—Setting the Stage for Reconstruction, Part Two
This is part two in a series. Edward Pierce, an agent to the Federal Government sent to visit Port Royal and the surrounding islands of South Carolina, wrote an in depth anthropological style report on the African American population abandoned … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Reconstruction, Slavery
Tagged African Americans, contraband, cotton, Edward Pierce, Port Royal Experiment, Reconstruction, Sea Islands, Slavery
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