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...
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 ...
Jonathan Bryan (1708 88) rose from the obscurity of the southern frontier to become one of colonial Georgia s richest, most powerful men. Along the way he made such influential friends as George Whitefield and James Oglethorpe. Bryan s contemporaries, in terms of their large holdings of land and slaves, were markedly traditional and conservative. As Alan Gallay shows, Bryan was different. Paternalistic and relatively open minded, Bryan contemplated religious, social, political, and economic ideas that other planters refused to consider. Of equal importance, he explored the geographic areas...
Jonathan Bryan (1708 88) rose from the obscurity of the southern frontier to become one of colonial Georgia s richest, most powerful men. Along the wa...
European enslavement of American Indians began with Christopher Columbus s arrival in the New World. The slave trade expanded with European colonies, and though African slave labor filled many needs, huge numbers of America s indigenous peoples continued to be captured and forced to work as slaves. Although central to the process of colony building in what became the United States, this phenomena has received scant attention from historians.
Indian Slavery in Colonial America, edited by Alan Gallay, examines the complicated dynamics of Indian enslavement. How and why Indians...
European enslavement of American Indians began with Christopher Columbus s arrival in the New World. The slave trade expanded with European colonies, ...
Colonial and Revolutionary America takes a regional approach to understanding the peoples and colonies of early America. It places early America into an Atlantic and comparative context, with emphasis on the impact of trade, warfare, migration, and the vast cultural exchange that took place among American Indians, Africans, and Europeans. Political, social, economic, and cultural history are interwoven to provide a holistic picture that connects local developments to the larger historical forces that shaped the lives of all.
Colonial and Revolutionary America takes a regional approach to understanding the peoples and colonies of early America. It places early America into ...
First published in 1996, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference resource that pulls together a vast amount of material on a rich historical era, presenting it in a balanced way that offers hard-to-find facts and detailed information. The volume was the first encyclopedic account of the United States' colonial military experience. It features 650 essays by more than 130 historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, geographers, and other scholarly experts on a variety of topics that cover all of colonial America's diverse peoples. In addition to wars, battles, and treaties,...
First published in 1996, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference resource that pulls together a vast amount of material on a rich historical...
European enslavement of American Indians began with Christopher Columbus s arrival in the New World. The slave trade expanded with European colonies, and though African slave labor filled many needs, huge numbers of America s indigenous peoples continued to be captured and forced to work as slaves. Although central to the process of colony building in what became the United States, this phenomena has received scant attention from historians.
Indian Slavery in Colonial America, edited by Alan Gallay, examines the complicated dynamics of Indian enslavement. How and why Indians...
European enslavement of American Indians began with Christopher Columbus s arrival in the New World. The slave trade expanded with European colonies, ...
Jonathan Bryan (1708-88) became one of colonial Georgia's richest, most powerful men. Bryan's contemporaries, in terms of their large holdings of land and slaves, were markedly traditional and conservative. As Alan Gallay shows, Bryan was different. Paternalistic and relatively open minded, Bryan contemplated religious, social, political, and economic ideas that other planters refused to consider.
Jonathan Bryan (1708-88) became one of colonial Georgia's richest, most powerful men. Bryan's contemporaries, in terms of their large holdings of land...
