Episodes Nearest to December 12, 1826: 1 through 25 of 25

  1. Southern Appalachia's Livestock Economy
    date December 12, 1826map JEFFERSON, Virginiatags Agriculture, Economy

    In Shepherdstown County, the blood was flowing. Such is what James Markell's sister wrote to her absent brother in the winter of 1826 concerning the hog butchering frenzy in that western Virginia area. For the past two weeks, several couples had also celebrated their nuptials never minding the penetrating squeals of the dying pigs around them. New families would begin and there would be plenty...

  2. The Friar Aremas incident reaches the Capitol.
    date January 21, 1827map Washington City, District of Columbiatags War

    Ever since American colonists had moved into Texas, relations between the United States and Mexico were at a precarious position. President John Quincy Adams had the auspicious task of keeping both sides happy in a desperate attempt to avoid any kind of armed conflict. The first of what would become many troubling incidents for both parties occurred on January 21st, 1827. Friar Joaquin Aremas...

  3. Runaway Slaves
    date January 27, 1827map ST CHARLES, Louisianatags African-Americans, Slavery

    The harshness of the institution of slavery is something that historians can agree on. The lifestyle that enslaved people had to endure is one that many cannot imagine today. It is not surprising therefore when slaves wished to be free of their masters and escape from plantations. The reasons for slaves running away varied but usually included fear of punishment or resentment because of punishment...

  4. The National Bank of South Carolina opens up to stock.
    date February 1, 1827map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Economy

    The bank crisis is one issue that plagues American history during 1827 and throughout the Jacksonian Democracy. On February 1st, 1827 Charleston opened up its branch of the National Bank of the United States to private stock. Limits were placed on the minimum and maximum amount of stock that could be purchased. These bonds were meant to help the United States economic problems, but many saw a...

  5. Bankruptcy Bill voted down in Senate.
    date February 1, 1827map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Economy

    On February 1st, 1827 the United States Senate voted 2 to 1 against a bill presented by Senator Hayne advocating a bankruptcy bill. By this time, indebtedness was stretching through the country. It had become a vicious cycle that most people cannot escape from once they are caught in it. This bill was meant to provide some relief for the debtors but as the Charleston News and Courier put it the...

  6. American Colonization Society petitions Congress
    date February 16, 1827map Washington City, District of Columbiatags African-Americans, Economy, Slavery

    In 1827, Mr. Clarke presented a resolution that had gone through the state assembly in Kentucky. With the backing of Delaware Senator Louis McLane, they presented a petition by the American Colonization Society (ACS) “requesting the Senators and Representatives of that State, in Congress, to use their best efforts to facilitate the removal of such free people of color as may desire to emigrate...

  7. A Student Eulogizes Thomas Jefferson
    date October 4, 1826map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Thomas Jefferson, Slavery, Westward Expansion, Louisiana Purchase

    Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of the United States and the third elected President, passed away on July 4, 1826. Jefferson served two terms as President of the United States from 1801-1809. He will always be remembered as the principal author to the Declaration of Independence. On October 26, 1826, at the Columbian College in Washington D.C., Jefferson’s eulogy was delivered by...

  8. Foundation of the Bible Society in Monticello
    date September 26, 1826map JASPER, Georgiatags Church/Religious-Activity

    P.W. Gautier proudly wrote to the Georgia Statesman on September 26, 1826, proclaiming the establishment of auxiliaries of the American Bible Society throughout the counties that surrounded Monticello, Georgia. The Society sought to circulate the Bible without note or comment to the community. Gautier explained that the Society was simply answering the demands of the people of the area who deserved...

  9. Lear's Plan for the Education of Blacks
    date September, 1826map ALBEMARLE, Virginiatags African-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity, Education, Migration/Transportation, Slavery

    B.L. Lear administrated a large fund for the education of slaves that had been established by General Thaddeus Kosciusko, a famous Polish hero in the American Revolution. Upon Kosciusko's death in 1817, he had left the fund to his longtime acquaintance and fellow son of liberty, Thomas Jefferson. In September 1825, B.L. Lear wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, grandson of Jefferson...

  10. Land Disputes and Family Assistance in Appalachia
    date August 4, 1826map WASHINGTON, Virginiatags Economy, Law

    Mathew Buchanan was broke. If he was unable to raise money soon, he would lose his Washington County, Virginia land in 1826. Buchanan was never officially part of the contract involved with the original purchase, but instead claimed to have paid a friend informally for a piece of the land. Unfortunately, he did not have the money to repurchase the land in a fully legal manner now that his original...

  11. Tobacco booms in Missouri.
    date April 24, 1827map ST LOUIS, Missouritags Agriculture, Economy

    The expansion of slavery into Missouri had almost led to a Civil War in 1820, seven years later Northerners worst fears were confirmed with a report by Missouri leaders. The St. Louis Enquirer published an article that would soon be republished throughout the South trumpeting the success of tobacco crops in the newest slave state. The soil of Missouri was considered by planters of Maryland and...

  12. William Henson sentenced to death.
    date April 27, 1827 to May 3, 1827map WAKE, North Carolinatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Race-Relations

    On April 27th, 1827 a verdict was reached in the William Henson case. The court convicted this free black for “forcibly breaking into a house and stealing items of a small value.' His punishment was death, to be carried out on May 3rd. This punishment was certainly extreme for such a petty offense, but the court was using what was called the Bloody Act of 1806. This act as the Raleigh...

  13. Joseph M. White suggests Indians move west of the Mississippi.
    date May 20, 1827tags Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations

    After the native Indians were allotted reservation areas for settlement, problems quickly arise. Whites started trying to take over these areas (claiming to be looking for lost slaves), and Indians were trying to expand on their already very small territory. This led to substantial violence and bloodshed. One such example took place near the Ocilla River on December 6, 1826. The Woodville Republican...

  14. Died on the Fourth of July: Thomas Jefferson’s Last Will and Testament
    date July 4, 1826map ALBEMARLE, Virginiatags Death, Debt

    Thomas Jefferson- the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States, and father of the University of Virginia- died at 12:50 p.m. on July 4, 1826 at the age of 83 in his beloved home of Monticello.  Newspapers were filled with remembrances of that special day in American history, and Jefferson’s role in it, making this day a memorial to the man even...

  15. Phillis Wheatly and a Nations Refuge in Religion
    date May 23, 1827map SUFFOLK, Massachusettstags African-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity, Slavery, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    On May 23, 1827, more than forty years after it was first published, Phillis Wheatly's short poem, "On Being Brought from Africa to America," was republished in Zion's Herald, an independent Methodist newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts. "Remember Christians Negroes black as Cain/May be refined, and join the angelic train": this last line of Wheatly's poem refers to her...

  16. Dexter Needs to Pay Up
    date May 29, 1827map ST JOHNS, Floridatags Slavery

    A promissory note is a contract detailing the terms of a promise or loan by one person to pay a sum of money to another person. Many people in the antebellum south used promissory notes when dealing with large amounts of money. John Day and Horatio S. Dexter entered into a promissory note together on October 5, 1824. The amount of the note was for six thousand four hundred and seventy nine dollars....

  17. A Spiritual Occurrence in the Household
    date June 1, 1827map HANCOCK, Georgiatags Church/Religious-Activity

    Maria Bryan returned from a prayer meeting to find her close friend, Carlisle, in a very emotional state. She immediately called upon her minister, Rev. Stiles. Rev. Stiles arrived and analyzed the problem and claimed that Maria and Carlisle needed to repent in the Lord in order to fulfill their complete redemption. Suddenly, without any forewarning, the preacher himself seemed to lose his mind...

  18. Guilfield Baptist Church
    date June 30, 1827map DINWIDDIE, Virginiatags African-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity

    The church officials expelled Brother Osborne for his adulterous behavior June 30, 1827. The officials claimed that Brother Osborne's sinful spirit had placed the women of the Guilfield Baptist Church under bad influence. The same Sunday, the church notes documented the deacons asking Sister Harriet Hill to leave the congregation for lying, as well as Sister Patsy Thomas for fighting and inappropriate...

  19. Edgefield Anti-Tariff group meets.
    date July 2, 1827map EDGEFIELD, South Carolinatags Economy

    In early July, the spark of nullification struck Edgefield County and throughout the state of South Carolina. Citizens of the community met to discuss as the Charleston News and Courier put it: “A Memorial to Congress against the imposition of additional duties upon the importation of woolens.' Jesse Blocks was named Chair and F.H. Wardlaw Esq. was elected Secretary. Their statement...

  20. A Slave Sues for Freedom in Missouri
    date 1827map ST LOUIS, Missouritags Slavery, African-Americans, Law, Migration/Transportation

    In 1827, the editors of The Genius of Universal Emancipation published a portion of a letter "from a gentleman in Illinois to his friend in Philadelphia" that relates the story of a slave that was brought from Illinois to Missouri. The slave, "there having been treated with cruelty" was afterwards taken and sold in Louisiana. This slave then "found his way", in a manner unclear, back to St. Louis...

  21. Caution to Purchasers of Negros
    date May 20, 1826map JACKSON, Mississippitags African-Americans, Race-Relations, Slavery

    In an 1826 article, an Alabama newspaper warned readers and slave buyers of an untrustworthy slave trader who dealt in kidnapped free blacks. Victims were found in Mississippi, greatly abused or dead. The slave trader had even captured a young free black boy from his parents. The free men informed a gentleman, at whose house he stopped, that they were free born, and begged his interference to...

  22. A General Assortment of Spring and Summer Goods
    date May 20, 1826map ALBEMARLE, Virginiatags Arts/Leisure, Economy

    In the beginning of the 1820s, Albemarle County merchants advertised all year round of large stocks of staples they had for sale at Reasonable Prices, Bacon, cured in the manner for family use, nice white corn meal, and Barrels Brown sugar different quantities are just a few examples. By 1826, a new kind of merchant had come to town. John Cochran & Co. took up occupancy in a well-known building...

  23. Ice as a New Commodity
    date May 18, 1826 to May 19, 1826map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags Economy, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Alexander Gall advertised his ice delivery service in Portsmouth's American Beacon and Portsmouth Daily on May 18, 1826. Gall's advertisement ran in the local newspaper for a month. This allowed for the news of Gall's service to effectively spread among the people of Portsmouth. Gall brought ice to the homes of his customers in a horse-drawn wagon. Gall delivered ice daily to...

  24. The religious magazine announcement.
    date September 6, 1827map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Church/Religious-Activity

    On September 6th, 1827 the U.S. Telegraph happily announced to Washington D.C. the coming of a religious magazine, its first issue to be published for January 1st, 1828. The paper compared this new development much to the progress or “rapid improvement' being made in the field of science. This paper was to be in the “spirit of the foreign theological journals and review' of Europe....

  25. “Reverend Proudfit argues for the use of the Bible in Common Schools”
    date March 1, 1826map ONTARIO, New Yorktags Church/Religious-Activity, Education

    During the Second Great Awakening, there were many religious figures who transformed the way the general population thought about religion and its social practices. Much of the new religious thought came from upstate New York from areas called “burned-over districts,” because of the frequency with which they experienced religious revivals, or transformative incidents, which changed a person’s...