Episodes Nearest to January 1, 1803 to December 31, 1821: 1 through 25 of 25

  1. Tecumseh's Indian Unification Crusade
    date November 1, 1811 to January 31, 1812map WISCONSIN, Wisconsintags Tecumseh, Native-Americans, Indian Removal Act of 1830

    Through the autumn and winter of 1811 and into 1812, Shawnee leader Tecumseh had been on a whirlwind tour to speak to several Indian tribes. From the Eastern Seaboard, to the Old Northwest, to the Southeast, to Canada, Tecumseh sought to convince all Indian tribes to unify against the growing white intrusion into Indian lands. With a fervor born of desperation and necessity, Tecumseh addressed the...

  2. Argentina’sAnthem Reflects Spanish Past
    date May 11, 1813map Latin America, Outside UStags Latin America, National Anthem, Argentina's Anthem

    “Mortals! Hear the sacred cry: ‘Freedom, freedom, freedom!’ Hear the noise of broken chains, see the noble Equality enthroned.” The opening lines of Argentina’s national anthem, indicates the country’s citizen-driven political struggle for equality. Adopted on May 11, 1813, known as the Himno Nacional Argentino, the anthem becomes a siren for political independence...

  3. Southern Marriage
    date August 22, 1811map HENRICO, Virginiatags Urban-Life/Boosterism, Women

    Benjamin Rawlings prepared eagerly for his wedding day. His brother James, concerned for Benjamin's future, wrote to him to give some pre-marital advice. In the early nineteenth century south, young marriage was encouraged. James, though a bachelor, spoke highly of marrying young, as a friend once told him, "temper and habits of the young are not come so still and uncomplying as when more...

  4. News of the Massacre of Fort Mims Reaches Nashville
    date September 18, 1813 to September 19, 1813map DAVIDSON, Tennesseetags Migration/Transportation, War

    Samuel Mims had built a fort not far from Mobile, a part of Mississippi Territory. On August 30, 1813, the commandant of the Fort wrote to Governor Claiborne that the fort was impregnable because it was protected in a very good way. However, the same day, some Red Sticks (the English term for a faction of Creek Indians who led a resistance movement which culminated in the outbreak of the Creek War...

  5. DeWitt Clinton Explores Possible Canal Route
    date August 5, 1810map NIAGRA, New Yorktags Erie Canal, Agriculture, Transportation/Migration, Economy

    In 1810 a group of government officials were sent out to explore and navigate a route for an artificial canal between Lake Erie and the Hudson River. Among the group commissioned to take this journey was DeWitt Clinton, who was the mayor of New York City for many years prior to this exploration. Along this journey Clinton kept a personal diary in which he documented all aspects of the land that...

  6. A Change in Feminine Duties
    date 1814map SUMTER, South Carolinatags Arts/Leisure, Race-Relations, Slavery, Women

    A letter from Mrs. Harriet Lucas Huger to her friend Mrs. William Lowndes reveals three things: one, that she had a lot of extra leisure time; two, that she had a sick father about whom she was concerned; and three, that she did not like the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Though her concern for her father's ill health was quite natural, it was quite surprising to learn of her distaste for...

  7. The Kingsley Plantation
    date March 7, 1814 to March 5, 1815map Florida, Floridatags plantation, Zephaniah Kingsley

    In the early years of the nineteenth century many people came to Spanish Florida. Some were forced to come to Florida to work on plantations and others like Zephaniah Kingsley sought to make their own fortunes by obtaining land and establishing those plantations. During this time alliances and politics were shifting and though some of the enslaved would later become free landowners, they had to...

  8. Andrew Jacksons Ironic Relationship with the Indians
    date October 25, 1814 to November 14, 1814map Florida, Floridatags Native-Americans, War

    On October 25, 1814, General Andrew Jackson and over 4,000 troops, including 750 Choctaw and Chickasaw allies set out for Pensacola. Finally reaching the fort on November 6, 1814, Jackson sent a surrender demand to Spanish Governor Gonzalez Manrique, but British marines opened fire on Jackson's army. Jackson next called for an immediate British evacuation of Pensacola. The Spanish governor refused...

  9. Discord at Camp Mitchel
    date November 4, 1814map HENRICO, Virginiatags War

    All was not well at Camp Mitchel. Sure, the camp itself was not at war, but daily life and responsibility started to wear on the soldiers in Henrico County, Virginia. John B. Tate communicated in a letter to his superior officer, Jacob van Lear, that the men were restless. Embroiled in a military chess match with Britain on their own soil, this was an awful time to have depressed soldiers. At...

  10. Battle of New Orleans
    date January 8, 1815map ORLEANS, Louisianatags War

    The War of 1812 ended on December 24, 1814 with the Treaty of Ghent. However, one more battle against the British was fought in New Orleans on January 8, 1815 before news of the treaty had reached New Orleans. After receiving word that the British were going to attack, the Americans quickly gathered around Andrew Jackson. He recruited support from patriots in Tennessee and Kentucky, while also...

  11. Battle of Fort Bowyer
    date February 8, 1815 to February 11, 1815tags War

    This battle was the last battle of the War of 1812, even though a treaty declaring the end of the war had already been signed in Ghent. After the British were cruelly defeated in the Battle of New Orleans, the British did not want to leave America without striking one last attack against the Americans. Major-General Lambert commanded the British forces while Lieutenant-Colonel William Lawrence...

  12. Annual Report of the Norfolk Bible Society
    date March 7, 1815map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags Church/Religious-Activity, Economy, Education, Migration/Transportation

    In early 1815, a charitable religious organization in Norfolk, Virginia by the name of the Norfolk Bible Society published its first annual report in the form of a small pamphlet. The pamphlet, which was presented at the annual meeting of the Society remarked upon both the activities of the Society in the past year as well as the Society's plans for the future. The pamphlet stated that the principal...

  13. Indian Treaty at Portage des Sioux, Missouri
    date March 11, 1815map ST CHARLES, Missouritags Race-Relations

    On March 11, 1815, President Madison established a commission to negotiate treaties with various warring Indian tribes in the Missouri territory. The goal was to establish peace and to restore things to the way things were before the War of 1812. To aid in the negotiations, 20,000 worth of presents for the Indians was given by the government. The commissioners were responsible for inviting the...

  14. Enslaved Man Named Tom Runs Away
    date May 2, 1815map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags African-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity, Education, Law, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    An enslaved man named Tom ran away on May 2. This was reported in the City Gazette and Commercial Daily Advertiser for months. He had been a paper boy (carrier of the City Gazette) and was able to read and write. He was formerly enslaved in Virginia (his mother was still there) and worked for the Petersburg Intelligencer. He was known for his skill at the printing press....

  15. Collision of the Georgia Legislature and Courts
    date January 13, 1815 to November 19, 1815map BALDWIN, Georgiatags Government, Law, Politics

    On January 13, 1815, the Superior Court of the state of Georgia convened in Augusta and ruled numerous acts passed by the Georgia legislature unconstitutional and void. The legislature furiously answered on November 19, 1815, with a condemning resolution absolutely denying the right of the courts to rule the acts of the state legislature invalid. The resolution did not specifically mention which...

  16. George Learns to Read
    date 1815map CHATHAM, North Carolinatags African-Americans, Arts/Leisure, Education, Slavery

    Growing up as a slave child, George was fond of hearing people read, but as poor slave, he had little or no thought or aspiration of ever being able to read or spell one word or sentence in any book. His mother discovered this anxiety for books, and tried to encourage it. At length he took resolution to learn the alphabet at all events, and encountering to be among school children, he learned the...

  17. Wanted: Experienced Cook, World Traveler, Runaway Slave
    date June 15, 1815 to August 7, 1815map AUGUSTA, Virginiatags African-Americans, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    A black enslaved man named Henry ran away from the Staunton, Virginia plantation of John G. Wright on the 14th of June, 1815. By August 7th , Mr. Wright had placed an advertisement of a twenty dollar reward for his capture and return in the Washington D.C. Daily National Intelligencer. This was Henry's second attempt at escape; he had made the first while owned by a Doctor Trent in...

  18. Fifty Dollar Reward for Return of a Slave
    date August 5, 1815 to August 30, 1815map HENRICO, Virginiatags African-Americans, Law, Race-Relations, Slavery

    In August of 1815, George Hay put an add in the Richmond Enquirer newspaper offering a fifty dollar reward (plus expenses) for the apprehension and delivery of Manuel, a runaway slave. Hay gave only the name Manuel; either Manuel had no last name, or Hay felt that labeling him as a negro and a slave was sufficient. Hay described Manuel as broad shouldered and well formed, along with giving...

  19. Black and White Interactions in Virginia
    date December 4, 1815map POWHATAN, Virginiatags African-Americans, Race-Relations, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Hezekiah Mosby, married to Betsy Merryman, appealed to the Virginia General Assembly for a divorce on the grounds that his wife committed adultery. More specifically, his wife committed adultery with a black man, and gave birth to a mulatto child. The General Assembly set the grounds for the divorce, requiring that the courts determine whether or not Hezekiah had been a faithful husband, as well...

  20. Reward Advertisement for Nelson and Priscilla, Two Runaway Slaves
    date January 15, 1816map FREDERICK, Virginiatags Slavery

    William Triplett, a resident of Frederick County, offered a forty dollar reward for the capture and return of two runaway slaves, Nelson and Priscilla (nicknamed Betsy). The two slaves, a married couple, ran away January 9th from the Briscoes estate in Winchester. The man was described as 23 or 24 in age, a very dark Mulatto, and 5'10-5'11 in height. He was wearing a well-worn black,...

  21. 50 Negroes for Sale
    date January 23, 1816map HENRICO, Virginiatags African-Americans, Law, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Epes Spain put an ad in the Richmond Enquirer advertising the sale of fifty negroes, to be sold at the Price Edward court house at the end of the month of January. He stated that African Americans were raised by him, and that among them was a blacksmith, a carriage driver, a seamstress, a weaver, excellent house-servants, and boys of good size for plough. He also made sure to mention that all of...

  22. Report On Levee Breach in New Orleans
    date May 7, 1816map ORLEANS, Louisianatags Economy, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    On a Monday morning at 3 a.m., a breach in the levee allowed rushing waters to flood New Orleans. Within two days, the breach had expanded to be at least an acre in width. The areas initially most affected by the waters were the Cyprus swamp and St. John's Bayou. However, the waters were continuing to flow into the city, and it was predicted that by the time the flood waters stopped rising,...

  23. Henry Banks' Land Sale
    date May 8, 1816map HENRICO, Virginiatags Agriculture, Economy, Law

    In May of 1816, Henry Banks put up his estate for sale. Banks had incurred debt to a man named Neil McCaul, and he needed the profit from this sale to settle up with him. The land for sale was property on both sides of the canal, just a mile or so south of Richmond, Virginia. Banks put an ad in a local Richmond paper, the Virginia Argus, to inform his neighbors of the sale. He did not, however,...

  24. Directory of Charleston, 1816
    date 1816map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Government, Urban-Life/Boosterism, Women

    The Charleston Directory and Strangers Guide offered a listing of the residents and businesses of Charleston (name, address, job title if one exists), street names, and wharfs. This was what would today be known as a yellow and white pages combined. This document revealed much about the population with little more than the names of its populace. Their addresses were indicative of the culture on...

  25. Free Persons of Color Granted Land for Burial Site
    date August, 1816map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags African-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity, Health/Death, Law, Race-Relations

    A piece of legislation was passed in August 1816 that granted land to free blacks to create a cemetery. This land was not a gift, but rather, made legally available for purchase. The plot was known as Cart's Lot and was located on Boundary-Street next to the Methodist Church. It was implied that only members of this church would buy and use the land. It was specified that no one may be buried...