1868 St Bernard Parish Massacre The Blood In The Cane Fields

Author : C. Dier
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625858559

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1868 St. Bernard Parish Massacre, The: Blood in the Cane Fields by C. Dier Pdf

Days before the tumultuous presidential election of 1868, St. Bernard Parish descended into chaos. As African American men gained the right to vote, white Democrats of the parish feared losing their majority. Armed groups mobilized to suppress these recently emancipated voters in the hopes of regaining a way of life turned upside down by the Civil War and Reconstruction. Freedpeople were dragged from their homes and murdered in cold blood. Many fled to the cane fields to hide from their attackers. The reported number of those killed varies from 35 to 135. The tragedy was hidden, but implications reverberated throughout the South and lingered for generations. Author and historian Chris Dier reveals the horrifying true story behind the St. Bernard Parish Massacre.

Author : Allan D. Cooper
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 9781666929256

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The Shadow that Lingers by Allan D. Cooper Pdf

"Cooper shows how the reaction to slavery unveiled the characteristics of freedom and established the foundation for the human rights movement. The book demonstrates how the legacy of slavery continues to shape individual identity as well as the nature of state power to exercise discipline and control over its citizens"--

Author : Robert Tallant
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1984-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781455613694

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VOODOO IN NEW ORLEANS by Robert Tallant Pdf

"Interesting investigation and straightforward handling of sensational times and tricksters, of the cult of voodooism in all its manifestations. From its first known appearances in New Orleans of 200 years ago, here are the fetishes and formulae, the rites and dances, the cures, charms and gris-gris. Here were the witch-doctors and queens, and in particular a Doctor John who acquired fame and fortune, and Marie Laveau, who with her daughter dominated the weird underworld of voodoo for nearly a century." -Kirkus Reviews "Robert Tallant speaks with authority." -The New York Times "Much nonsense has been written about voodoo in New Orleans. . .here is a truthful and definitive picture." -Lyle Saxton Originally published in 1946, Voodoo In New Orleans examines the origins of the cult voodooism. The lives of New Orleans's most infamous witch doctors and voodoo queens have been re-created in this well-researched account of New Orleans's dark underworld.

Author : John DeSantis
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1540201074

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The Thibodaux Massacre by John DeSantis Pdf

On November 23, 1887, white vigilantes gunned down unarmed black laborers and their families during a spree lasting more than two hours. The violence erupted due to strikes on Louisiana sugar cane plantations. Fear, rumor and white supremacist ideals clashed with an unprecedented labor action to create an epic tragedy. A future member of the U.S. House of Representatives was among the leaders of a mob that routed black men from houses and forced them to a stretch of railroad track, ordering them to run for their lives before gunning them down. According to a witness, the guns firing in the black neighborhoods sounded like a battle. Author and award-winning reporter John DeSantis uses correspondence, interviews and federal records to detail this harrowing true story.

Author : Wilson Armistead
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : OXFORD:N10551763

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A Tribute for the Negro by Wilson Armistead Pdf

A Tribute for the Negro: Being a Vindication of the Moral, Intellectual, and Religious Capabilities of the Coloured Portion of Mankind; with Particular Reference to the African Race Authored by Wilson Armistead

Author : LeeAnna Keith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195393088

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The Colfax Massacre by LeeAnna Keith Pdf

Drawing on a large body of documents, including eyewitness accounts and evidence from the site itself, Keith explores the racial tensions that led to the Colfax massacre - during which surrendering blacks were mercilessly slaughtered - and the reverberations this message of terror sent throughout the South.

Author : Lyman Horace Weeks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : New York (N.Y.)
ISBN : HARVARD:HX2X27

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Prominent Families of New York by Lyman Horace Weeks Pdf

Author : Joël Bonnemaison
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0824815254

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The Tree and the Canoe by Joël Bonnemaison Pdf

This personal observation of Tanna, an island in the southern part of the Vanuatu archipelago, presents an extraordinary case study of cultural resistance. Based on interviews, myths and stories collected in the field, and archival research, The Tree and the Canoe analyzes the resilience of the people of Tanna, who, when faced with an intense form of cultural contact that threatened to engulf them, liberated themselves by re-creating, and sometimes reinventing, their own kastom. Following a lengthy history of Tanna from European contact, the author discusses in detail original creation myths and how Tanna people revived them in response to changes brought by missionaries and foreign governments. The final chapters of the book deal with the violent opposition of part of the island population to the newly established National Unity government.

Author : Henry Adams
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:SMP2300000057829

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The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams Pdf

The Education of Henry Adams is an autobiography that records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838–1918), in his later years, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp critique of 19th-century educational theory and practice. In 1907, Adams began privately circulating copies of a limited edition printed at his own expense. Commercial publication of the book had to await its author's 1918 death, whereupon it won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize. The Modern Library placed it first in a list of the top 100 English-language nonfiction books of the 20th century.

Author : Sylvia Wolf,Julia Margaret Cameron,Stephanie Lipscomb,Debra N. Mancoff,Phyllis Rose,San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780300077810

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Julia Margaret Cameron's Women by Sylvia Wolf,Julia Margaret Cameron,Stephanie Lipscomb,Debra N. Mancoff,Phyllis Rose,San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Pdf

Profiles the life and work of a nineteenth century pioneer of photography and offers a selection of her portraits of women

Author : Thomas Sowell
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780465096770

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Wealth, Poverty and Politics by Thomas Sowell Pdf

In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality: the production of wealth. We cannot properly understand inequality if we focus exclusively on the distribution of wealth and ignore wealth production factors such as geography, demography, and culture. Sowell contends that liberals have a particular interest in misreading the data and chastises them for using income inequality as an argument for the welfare state. Refuting Thomas Piketty, Paul Krugman, and others on the left, Sowell draws on accurate empirical data to show that the inequality is not nearly as extreme or sensational as we have been led to believe. Transcending partisanship through a careful examination of data, Wealth, Poverty, and Politics reveals the truth about the most explosive political issue of our time.

Author : Mather Byles DesBrisay
Publisher : W. Briggs ; Montreal : C.W. Coates ; Halifax : S.F. Huestis
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Lunenburg (N.S. : County)
ISBN : NYPL:33433081708913

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History of the County of Lunenburg by Mather Byles DesBrisay Pdf

Author : Sherwin B. Nuland
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307807892

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Doctors by Sherwin B. Nuland Pdf

From the author of How We Die, the extraordinary story of the development of modern medicine, told through the lives of the physician-scientists who paved the way. How does medical science advance? Popular historians would have us believe that a few heroic individuals, possessing superhuman talents, lead an unselfish quest to better the human condition. But as renowned Yale surgeon and medical historian Sherwin B. Nuland shows in this brilliant collection of linked life portraits, the theory bears little resemblance to the truth. Through the centuries, the men and women who have shaped the world of medicine have been not only very human, but also very much the products of their own times and places. Presenting compelling studies of great medical innovators and pioneers, Doctors gives us a fascinating history of modern medicine. Ranging from the legendary Father of Medicine, Hippocrates, to Andreas Vesalius, whose Renaissance masterwork on anatomy offered invaluable new insight into the human body, to Helen Taussig, founder of pediatric cardiology and co-inventor of the original "blue baby" operation, here is a volume filled with the spirit of ideas and the thrill of discovery.

Author : Friedman Michael Jay
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798555418869

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Free at Last by Friedman Michael Jay Pdf

A comprehensive textbook on Civil Rights in America, documenting the US civil rights movement from the introduction of slavery through to the enforcement of the Civil Rights Act and eradication of all discriminatory practices. This textbook was created by the US Bureau of International Information Programs .Executive Editor: George Clack Editor-in-Chief: Mildred Solá Neely Managing Editor: Michael Jay Friedman Art Director: Min-Chih Yao Photo Research: Maggie Johnson Sliker .Department of State / (Anglais)

Author : James Fenton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Tasmania
ISBN : UCAL:B3915715

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A History of Tasmania, from Its Discovery in 1642 to the Present Time by James Fenton Pdf

James Fenton (1820-1901) was born in Ireland and emigrated to Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen's Land) with his family in 1833. He became a pioneer settler in an area on the Forth River and published this history of the island in 1884. The book begins with the discovery of the island in 1642 and concludes with the deaths of some significant public figures in the colony in 1884. The establishment of the colony on the island, and the involvement of convicts in its building, is documented. A chapter on the native aborigines gives a fascinating insight into the attitudes of the colonising people, and a detailed account of the removal of the native Tasmanians to Flinders Island, in an effort to separate them from the colonists. The book also contains portraits of some aboriginal people, as well as a glossary of their language.