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Anne Wallace
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Anne Wallace
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Anne Wallace
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James Island
On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces at Fort Johnson fired upon Federal-occupied Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, etching James Island's name in American history as the starting place of the War Between the States. The island was a battleground for war skirmishes, live oak-laden property that housed antebellum plantations, fertile soil that yielded sea island cotton, precious land that enslaved so many, and a rural planting community existing in the shadow of Charleston. More than this, though, James Island was and is a beloved home to generations of proud families and individuals. This South Carolina sea island, which once flourished and folded under the bondage of slavery, is now a place where all races live and celebrate its rich heritage. The Gullah culture and language thrive and are treasured here, as are the Southern traditions of the original planters and their descendants.
Walking, Literature, and English Culture
BL A cultural history of walking in nineteenth-century England, assessing its importance in literature and in culture at large BL Authors considered include Wordsworth, Clare, Barrett Browning, Dickens, Hardy, and George Eliot
Women of Ancient Egypt
Describes the role of women in ancient Egypt, including their work, home life, and religion.
Claiming Indigenous Plant Knowledge
Claiming Indigenous Plant Knowledge: From Botanical Exchanges to Resource Extraction in the Indian Ocean World examines the collection and documentation of the natural world’s development over the course of the nineteenth century into a vast network of scientists who attempted to categorize and understand nature, particularly in the botanically rich Indian Ocean. But the process of collecting plants and exchanging knowledge about the natural world went far beyond the labor of botanists and naturalists. Naturalists depended on many groups for regional knowledge and local information about the uses, names, and value of plants. Publications and archival materials included local and indigenous...
As I Find It
As I Find It, Book Three: Descendants of the Seal, Barlow, Pitts, Southworth, and Taylor Families of Caroline County, Virginia By: Ruth E. Pitts
