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Slaves Waiting for Sale
In 1853, Eyre Crowe, a young British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. Harrowed by what he witnessed, he captured the scene in sketches that he would later develop into a series of illustrations and paintings, including the culminating painting, Slaves Waiting for Sale, Richmond, Virginia. This innovative book uses Crowe’s paintings to explore the texture of the slave trade in Richmond, Charleston, and New Orleans, the evolving iconography of abolitionist art, and the role of visual culture in the transatlantic world of abolitionism. Tracing Crowe’s trajectory from Richmond across the American South and back to London—where his paintings were exhibited just a few weeks after the start of the Civil War—Maurie D. McInnis illuminates not only how his abolitionist art was inspired and made, but also how it influenced the international public’s grasp of slavery in America. With almost 140 illustrations, Slaves Waiting for Sale brings a fresh perspective to the American slave trade and abolitionism as we enter the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.
Beersheba Springs
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An Untractable Country
Louisiana's sixth largest city, Kenner, is often looked upon simply as a suburb of New Orleans and home to Louis Armstrong International Airport. An Untractable Country: The History of Kenner, Louisiana, reveals that Kenner has its own unique and dynamic history separate from that of New Orleans. This is the first book-length narrative of the three-hundred-year-long story of the people and events that transformed an area located along the Mississippi River, approximately thirteen miles upriver from the Crescent City, from a grassy Indian hunting ground to one of Louisiana's largest municipalities. From its earliest times as the colonial settlement of Cannes Brûlées, through its incarnation as the small antebellum town of Kennerville, to its rapid growth as a suburban bedroom community during the second half of the twentieth century, the story of Kenner exemplifies life in communities across the state and fills an important void in the greater mosaic of the story of Louisiana. Book jacket.
A Bibliography of Tennessee History, 1973-1996
With some 6,000 entries, A Bibliography of Tennessee History will prove to be an invaluable resource for anyone--students, historians, librarians, genealogists--engaged in researching Tennessee's rich and colorful past. A sequel to Sam B. Smith's invaluable 1973 work, Tennessee History: A Bibliography, this book follows a similar format and includes published books and essays, as well as many unpublished theses and dissertations, that have become available during the intervening years. The volume begins with sections on Reference, Natural History, and Native Americans. Its divisions then follow the major periods of the state's history: Before Statehood, State Development, Civil War, Late Nin...
An Encyclopedia of East Tennessee
A compilation of 255 brief articles on East Tennessee people, places, institutions, events, and other subjects, from James Agee to Alvin York, including country music, Ford Loudoun, and the Scopes trial.
In the Tennessee Mountains
"Hardwig makes Murfree come alive for us, and he helps us to see why we should still care about her work and her understanding of her historical moment and region." --Stephanie Foote, author of Regional Fictions: Culture and Identity in Nineteenth-Century American Literature "The rapid ascent and decline of Murfree's literary reputation, her unique standing as a popular interpreter of Appalachian people, her portrayals of strong female characters, and her complicated stance as an insider/outsider-tourist/native, southerner/non-southerner, male/female-all of these dimensions of Murfree make her an especially appealing subject of analysis." -Barbara C. Ewell, Dorothy Harrell Brown Distinguishe...
Beersheba Springs
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America, History and Life
Provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes information abstracted from over 2,000 journals published worldwide.
