Franklin County Historical Association Presents "Sweet" Heritage
Author | : Franklin County Historical Association (Franklin County, Tex.) |
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Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Cooking |
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Author | : Franklin County Historical Association (Franklin County, Tex.) |
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Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Cooking |
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Author | : Shirley Ann Wilson Moore |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2016-10-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0806156856 |
The westward migration of nearly half a million Americans in the mid-nineteenth century looms large in U.S. history. Classic images of rugged Euro-Americans traversing the plains in their prairie schooners still stir the popular imagination. But this traditional narrative, no matter how alluring, falls short of the actual—and far more complex—reality of the overland trails. Among the diverse peoples who converged on the western frontier were African American pioneers—men, women, and children. Whether enslaved or free, they too were involved in this transformative movement. Sweet Freedom’s Plains is a powerful retelling of the migration story from their perspective. Tracing the journeys of black overlanders who traveled the Mormon, California, Oregon, and other trails, Shirley Ann Wilson Moore describes in vivid detail what they left behind, what they encountered along the way, and what they expected to find in their new, western homes. She argues that African Americans understood advancement and prosperity in ways unique to their situation as an enslaved and racially persecuted people, even as they shared many of the same hopes and dreams held by their white contemporaries. For African Americans, the journey westward marked the beginning of liberation and transformation. At the same time, black emigrants’ aspirations often came into sharp conflict with real-world conditions in the West. Although many scholars have focused on African Americans who settled in the urban West, their early trailblazing voyages into the Oregon Country, Utah Territory, New Mexico Territory, and California deserve greater attention. Having combed censuses, maps, government documents, and white overlanders’ diaries, along with the few accounts written by black overlanders or passed down orally to their living descendants, Moore gives voice to the countless, mostly anonymous black men and women who trekked the plains and mountains. Sweet Freedom’s Plains places African American overlanders where they belong—at the center of the western migration narrative. Their experiences and perspectives enhance our understanding of this formative period in American history.
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Publisher | : National Register Publishing |
Total Pages | : 1582 |
Release | : 1992-12 |
Genre | : Museums |
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Author | : T. Keister Greer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 956 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Alcoholic beverages |
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Author | : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration |
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Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976.. |
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Author | : Cynthia Rae Huffman Sweet |
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Total Pages | : 1066 |
Release | : 2001 |
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Joshua Sweet was born in 1722/23 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. He married Susanna Nichols. They had two children. He died before 28 September 1748 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut. Reverend Joshua Sweet (1812-1874) is believed to be the great grandson of Joshua and Susanna. He was born in Ogdensburg, New York. He married Julia Ann Berry (1827-1865) 28 May 1848. They had four children. He married Jeannette E. Sykes DeCamp, a widow and mother of five children, in 1866. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Connecticut, New York, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Montana and California.
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Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Cooking |
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Arranged by season, these recipes are appropriate to major festivals as well as to specialized occasions, such as the Kentucky Derby Day or Twelfth Night.
Author | : Gerald Milnes |
Publisher | : Univ. of Tennessee Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781572335776 |
The persecution of Old World German Protestants and Anabaptists in the seventeenth century--following debilitating wars, the Reformation, and the Inquisition-- brought about significant immigration to America. Many of the immigrants, and their progeny, settled in the Appalachian frontier. Here they established a particularly old set of religious beliefs and traditions based on a strong sense of folk spirituality. They practiced astrology, numerology, and other aspects of esoteric thinking and left a legacy that may still be found in Appalachian folklore today. Based in part on the author's extensive collection of oral histories from the remote highlands of West Virginia, Signs, Cures, and Witchery; German Appalachian Folklore describes these various occult practices, symbols, and beliefs; how they evolved within New World religious contexts; how they arrived on the Appalachian frontier; and the prospects of those beliefs continuing in the contemporary world. By concentrating on these inheritances, Gerald C. Milnes draws a larger picture of the German influence on Appalachia. Much has been written about the Anglo-Celtic, Scots-Irish, and English folkways of the Appalachian people, but few studies have addressed their German cultural attributes and sensibilities. Signs, Cures, and Witchery sheds startling light on folk influences from Germany, making it a volume of tremendous value to Appalachian scholars, folklorists, and readers with an interest in Appalachian folklife and German American studies.