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Episodes from "America, 1820-1890 (2010)," Furman University (Spring 2010): 1 through 10 of 91

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  1. The founding of Lander University
    date February 12, 1872map ANDERSON, South Carolinatags Williamston, Lander, college, founding

    On August 25, 1873 Luther Hawkins wrote in a letter to his betrothed, Mary Roe, “Going to have a big day at Williamston on Wednesday laying the corner stone of the female college.” The female college Hawkins refers to was the Lander University, founded in 1872 by Reverend Samuel Lander as a private school for women.   During the town planning for Williamston, two lots were reserved for schools:...

  2. The People's Lincoln
    date 1869map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Civil War, arrest, Lincoln, seizure, Yankee

    In Lincoln’s time, public opinion vigilantly labeled a danger posed by their anti-Constitution imperialist. Lincoln was widely hated, caricatured, and actively opposed. His concern for government outweighed his concern for the people, their freedom, and prosperity. The Lincoln depicted with loyal troops and grateful slaves is far from the man exposed in John A. Marshall’s series from 1869 American...

  3. Marriage in Margaret Fuller's "Woman in the Nineteenth Century"
    date 1845map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Women, Urban Society

    During the nineteenth century, one female author stood out as a voice for women during a time when many were not acknowledged.  Margaret Fuller wrote “Woman in the Nineteenth Century” and spoke with a voice for every woman who lived during the nineteenth century.  In particular, Fuller had an especially critical view toward marriage.  She explained that the idea of marriage “has been inculcated...

  4. Narrative of Walter Calloway, slave from Richmond, VA
    date 1858map MONTGOMERY, Alabamatags Slavery, Civil War, Crime/Violence, Slave Trade

    Imagine being purchased as a slave at ten years old, forced to relocate from Virginia to Alabama, and required to endure hours of hard labor and beatings.  This was the life of Walter Calloway, born in 1848 in Richmond, Virginia.  At the age of 10, Calloway was bought by slave master John Calloway whose plantation resided just outside of Montgomery, Alabama.  As he sat on a porch outside his home...

  5. Furman University Catalog, first edition, 1852
    date 1852map GREENVILLE, South Carolinatags school, Education

    The main resource utilized by Furman University students and faculty for information pertaining to academics and university policies/guidelines is the University Catalog.  Furman’s first catalog was first published in 1852, under the Board of Trustees President W.B. Johnson, with James C. Furman as the chairman of faculty.  In its opening pages, the catalog lists every student at Furman and their...

  6. Diary of Belle Edmondson, January-November, 1864
    date January, 1864 to 1864map FRANKLIN, Tennesseetags Race Relations, african americans, Civil War, Slavery

    In the midst of the Civil War, one woman remained behind the scenes of the battlefield documenting the war and experiencing the fighting first hand.  Belle Edmondson kept a diary from January to November of 1864 in which she detailed occurrences in West Tennessee such as the Union and Confederate battles, tragic accidents of friends, visitations by friends and family, travel to various southern cities,...

  7. Joseph Mersman: Diary of a Whiskey Merchant
    date November 8, 1847 to September 25, 1864map HAMILTON, Ohiotags Diary, Whiskey, Merchant

    During the rise of the middle class during 19th century America, there are few direct portals into what the life of a working citizen was like. However, there are a few. One such book is the diary of a German immigrant who worked as a whiskey merchant in Cincinnati and St. Louis. Joseph Mersman born in a little village in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in 1824, immigrated to the United States with his...

  8. The Single Inaugural Address of President Zachary Taylor
    date December 4, 1849map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Compromise of 1850, Inaugural Address, Taylor, President, Politics

    President Zachary Taylor's only inaugural address of the year 1849 is, at first glance, a rather typical political address from a rather typical president. He is one president in the long line of ex-military men to join politics. Like many, he was not especially interested in politics and more coerced into it. Taylor and his address are an important because he is one of the presidents in the run-up...

  9. William Whaley, Esq Presents his case before the Supreme Court of South Carolina
    date 1868 to 1869map RICHLAND, South Carolinatags Law, Supreme Court, Negro Bonds, Whaley

    The Civil War was one of the most important events in American History, however, a major part of the Civil War is not emphasized. That is, its economic impact. With the freeing of thousands of slaves who had previously been property, the economic impact on slave owners and traders was enormous. Many, many court cases arose in regards to the issue of “Bonds given in the Sale of Negros.” One such...

  10. Coca-Cola: "Sold Everywhere"
    date May, 1886 to 1907map FULTON, Georgiatags invention, Medicine, Coke, Soda

    What difference could 20 years of advertising make? Well, for Coca-Cola, it made the world of difference. In the hot summer of May, 1886, John Pemberton created the beginnings of what would be the most revolutionary and world-renown product as of yet. This time, the Gilded Age, was the rise of advertising. Everyone and their brother had an idea for a concoction or medicine which cured, supposedly,...

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