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In Pursuit of Dead Georgians

One Historian’S Excursions into the History of His Adopted State

By: George R. Lamplugh

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In Pursuit of Dead Georgians

One Historian’S Excursions into the History of His Adopted State

By: George R. Lamplugh

George R. Lamplugh, a historian of Georgia and the South, explores some of his home states most fascinating historical events, beginning with the American Revolution and continuing through the 1850s, in this well-researched collection of essays. He covers political factionalism during the American Revolution; the development of political parties in Georgia (which was different from the process in other states); and the impact of the Yazoo Land Fraud on Georgias political development. Some of the most fascinating essays focus on the maneuverings of individual politicians, such as William Few, who was determined to exert local influence after the American Revolution by having the Richmond County courthouse and jail, and hence the county polling place, constructed in the settlement of Brownsborough rather than in Augusta. More complex issues get equal treatment, such as how after the War of 1812, political parties in Georgia began to slowly adopt policies that were popular in other stateseven though that meant hurting Creeks, Cherokees, and slaves. While Georgia didnt always live up to democratic ideals, its political history teaches us a lot about our past and possible future.

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1491768088

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9781491768082

Rancorous Enmities and Blind Partialities

Factions and Parties in Georgia, 1807–1845

By: George R. Lamplugh

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Rancorous Enmities and Blind Partialities

Factions and Parties in Georgia, 1807–1845

By: George R. Lamplugh

Political developments in Georgia have always been baffling to those who did not live there. This work picks up the story of the evolution of Georgia political parties where the author left it in his first book, Politics on the Periphery: Factions and Parties in Georgia, 1783-1806 (1986), carrying the story through 1845, by which date parties in Georgia actually mirrored those at the national level.It is a complicated story, involving, among other things, the legacy of the Yazoo Land Fraud; the development of political parties on the national level; and, especially, the presence of the Creek and Cherokee tribes in Georgia during a period when white Georgians were bent on expanding the culture of cotton. It is an unlovely story, but, by the mid-1840s, parties in Georgia finally resembled those in other parts of the nation, though, if one looked closely at their principles, questions remained.

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450

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UPA

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076186587X

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9780761865872

Old Kent. The Eastern Shore of Maryland, Notes Illustrative of the Most Ancient Records of Kent County, Maryland, and of the Parishes of St. Paul's, Shrewsbury and I U

By: George Adolphus Hanson

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Old Kent. The Eastern Shore of Maryland, Notes Illustrative of the Most Ancient Records of Kent County, Maryland, and of the Parishes of St. Paul's, Shrewsbury and I U

By: George Adolphus Hanson

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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338553173X

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9783385531734

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In Pursuit of Dead Georgians

In Pursuit of Dead Georgians

Rancorous Enmities and Blind Partialities

Rancorous Enmities and Blind Partialities

Old Kent. The Eastern Shore of Maryland, Notes Illustrative of the Most Ancient Records of Kent County, Maryland, and of the Parishes of St. Paul's, Shrewsbury and I U

Old Kent. The Eastern Shore of Maryland, Notes Illustrative of the Most Ancient Records of Kent County, Maryland, and of the Parishes of St. Paul's, Shrewsbury and I U

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