Voices of the Old South: Eyewitness Accounts, 1528-1861Alan Gallay University of Georgia Press, 1 בינו׳ 1994 - 404 עמודים Spanning the period from the earliest European expeditions to the eve of the Civil War, Voices of the Old South assembles a fascinating array of firsthand perspectives on the great events that shaped the region as well as its customs, attitudes, and commonplace occurrences. Encompassing key themes in southern history, the eyewitness accounts Alan Gallay has brought together for this volume are remarkable in their variety. In addition, Gallay's selections reflect a multicultural approach in which African Americans, native Americans, and women are treated not as mere tokens but as major participants in southern life. Unlike many works on the Old South, which tend to focus on the immediate pre-war years, this volume gives equal attention to the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Its geographic definition of the region is notably broad, including not only British America but also French Louisiana, the mountain areas as well as the lowlands, the pine barrens and the cotton belt. While famous names--such as Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and Frances Anne Kemble--can be found here, Gallay also features writings by a number of obscure or less familiar figures. A French carpenter's account of an ill-fated expedition in Florida, a Scottish tradesman's description of the social mores of Georgia and the Carolinas, a free black's journal of daily life in Natchez, Mississippi--these are but a few of the rare and unusual documents excerpted in the book. In his introduction, Gallay explains the diversity of his selections, contending that to identify common threads among particular groups is not enough: we must also understand how the common threads take different forms when they penetrate different subcultures. By allowing the reader to listen to the richly divergent voices of those who lived in or visited the Old South, this collection suggests some fruitful ways of reaching that understanding. |
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THE PLANTING OF EURAMERICAN COLONIES IN THE SOUTH | 1 |
Nicolas Le Challeux | 15 |
John Smith | 21 |
SOUTHERN NATIVE AMERICANS | 27 |
John Lawson | 38 |
Edmond Atkin | 46 |
St Augustine in Florida | 51 |
William Bartram | 61 |
Barton Warren Stone | 206 |
Frederick Douglass | 212 |
Fredrika Bremer | 218 |
FOREIGN VOICES | 222 |
Frances Trollop | 229 |
John James Audubon | 236 |
James Stirling | 245 |
Frances Anne Kemble | 257 |
An Impartial Hand | 68 |
Bernard Romans | 75 |
John Martin Bolzius | 85 |
William Byrd | 93 |
Josiah Quincy | 108 |
The Journal of John Harrower an Indentured Servant in | 116 |
William Byrd | 124 |
Charles Woodmason | 130 |
America from Its First Establishment | 136 |
Bernard Romans | 142 |
George Whitefield | 148 |
Thomas Jefferson | 157 |
THE RELIGIOUS SOUTH 10 | 168 |
Gideon Johnston | 177 |
Alexander Garden | 186 |
David Purviance | 197 |
NORTHERN VOICES | 265 |
Emily P Burke | 276 |
Nehemiah Adams | 283 |
Amelia Jane Akehurst | 291 |
Frederick Law Olmsted | 300 |
AFRICANAMERICAN VOICES | 309 |
Henry Bibb | 316 |
Harriet Jacobs | 324 |
Solomon Northup | 333 |
William Johnson | 345 |
SOUTHERN WHITE VOICES | 351 |
Bennet H Barrow | 358 |
Mary Moragné | 370 |
of Learning of South Carolina at Its Annual Meeting | 377 |
James Henry Hammond | 387 |
Daniel R Hundley | 394 |
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Voices of the Old South: Eyewitness Accounts, 1528-1861 <span dir=ltr>Alan Gallay</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 1994 |