Episodes Nearest to January 1, 1827 to December 31, 1831: 1 through 25 of 25

  1. Debts Against the Estate
    date 1829map ST JOHNS, Floridatags Slavery

    Francis Pellicer had six heirs to his estate. In his will he divided his estate between his children. Dividing one's property up in a will was very common in the antebellum south. Most plantation owners, if not all, wrote up some sort of will to divide their estate up so their children and widow could have some type of inheritance. Slaves and property, such as land, were two types of things...

  2. Zephaniah Kingsley and His Treatise on a Patriarchal Society
    date 1829map Florida, Floridatags Zephaniah Kingsley, Argument for Slavery in Florida

    Zephaniah Kingsley was a plantation owner on Fort George Island, now Jacksonville, FL. In his "Treatise of Patriarchal, or Co-operative System of Society", Kingsley spoke of the use of slaves in southern states as the only answer to agricultural production because the white people of the region were not created to work within the area. He used the argument...

  3. Patriarchal Slave System: How it worked
    date 1829map RICHMOND, Virginiatags Zephaniah Kingsley, Slavery, Patriarchy


    ”Patriarchy is a system where males are the head of the family and have all the rights of decision-making,”a system that has persisted for many years in American History. Patriarchy was not only used in government bodies, but it was also used in determining a slave child’s fate. In A Treatise on the Patriarchal or Co-Operative System of Society a humble servant by the name of Z. Kingsley...

  4. Philosophy of Education through the Lens of Catharine E. Beecher
    date 1829map HARTFORD, Connecticuttags Roles of Women, women's education

    During the early nineteenth century, women became the center of the family—nurturing and educating their children.   Catharine E. Beecher’s essay, Suggestions Respecting Improvements in Education, became relevant as she characterized a woman’s role as the teacher and caretaker of the household.  In her essay, she connected a woman’s domestic life with education, and provided...

  5. A Clash of Views over Indian Removal
    date August 12, 1829 to August 13, 1829map TALBOT, Marylandtags Government, Politics, Migration/Transportation, Native-Americans

    The Republican Star and General Advertiser of Easton, Maryland published an article on August 12, 1829 regarding Indian removal. The Easton article responded to the essay written by William Penn published in The National Intelligencer of Washington on July 17, 1829. Penn's essay discussed the need to exterminate the Indians in order to allow for expansion into the West. The...

  6. Slave's freedom paid for because of his talent as a preacher
    date May, 1829map MONTGOMERY, Alabamatags Church/Religious-Activity, Race-Relations, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    In 1829, a group of church goers and pastors from the Alabama Baptist Association pooled together 625 to purchase John Blackwell's slave Caesar. Caesar had become known around the Montgomery area as a magnificent preacher, and upon gaining his freedom went on to preach to numerous black, white, and mixed congregations. When his audiences became over excited he would reportedly say, When your...

  7. St. Louis branch of National Bank opens
    date May, 1829map ST LOUIS, Missouritags Economy

    By 1829, the National Bank had spread to Missouri, which was currently on the frontier of westward expansion. Unfortunately, the bank was closed down 3 years later when Jackson did not renew the bank's charter. The establishment of a national bank was an important step in the formation of a stable economy on the frontier (McCandless 95).<br /><br />The Frontier was not the only place...

  8. Elizabeth Ricord Opens Female Seminary in Upstate New York
    date May, 1829 to 1829map ONTARIO, New Yorktags Civil Society, Politics, Church/Religious-Activity, Women's Seminaries, women's education, Education

    In May, 1829, the Geneva Female Seminary opened for its first school year with only about 15 students. It continued to grow and develop under the leadership of Elizabeth Ricord, the founder and principal of the school, and six years later, enrolled over 120 students. During the early American republic period, hundreds of female academies sprang up throughout the nation in both cities and the countryside,...

  9. Meteor Strikes near Forsyth, Georgia
    date May 9, 1829map JONES, Georgiatags Education

    On May 9th, a “wonderful phenomenon' occurred outside of Forsyth, Georgia. A rock of 36 pounds appeared out of a clear sky and crashed into the ground with “tremendous noise.' The “rock's' impact was heard up to 80 miles away and it sunk two feet into the ground. The rock smelled of sulphur and appeared to have “been in the fire.' The Cherokee Phoenix and...

  10. The Emigration of the Creek Indians is reported in Cherokee Phoenix and Indians' Advocate
    date April 22, 1829map INDIAN LANDS, Georgiatags Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations

    The Creeks had begun to emigrate in larger numbers in 1829 largely due to the expiration of the annuities that had been paid their nation. In 1820, the Creeks were being paid 25,000, but 22,000 was set to expire in 1829. The Creeks that did emigrate settled in the area of Muskogee County, Oklahoma. In typical U.S. style, 300 US troops were positioned near the peaceful emigrants (Phoenix).<br...

  11. Formation of Nashville and Davidson County Temperance Society
    date April, 1829map DAVIDSON, Tennesseetags Church/Religious-Activity

    Many prominent Nashvillians, including Phillip Lindsley, William Hume, and Robert Whyte, formed The Nashville and Davidson County Temperance Society. This society was formed as an auxiliary to the American Temperance Society. The American Temperance Society grew rapidly during this time period and many new auxiliaries appeared. The spread of a national temperance society reveals the growing importance...

  12. The Alabama State Intelligencer established
    date April 10, 1829map TUSCALOOSA, Alabamatags Arts/Leisure, Education, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    In Alabama's new capital of Tuscaloosa, the Alabama State Intelligencer was established on April 10th, 1829. This event was important not only for being the founding of a new paper, but this event also marked the growing role of Tuscaloosa in Alabama. In fact, the capital had recently been moved from Cahaba to Tuscaloosa and in 1829 the legislature met for the first time in the new capital (Alabama:...

  13. Patty Cannon captured
    date March, 1829 to April, 1829map SUSSEX, Delawaretags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Slavery

    From 1800-1830 Patty Cannon and other members of her family ran the most notorious slave trading gang in Southern History. Cannon's house straddled the Maryland-Delaware border, and from this base she and her gang would look around for free or enslaved blacks, kidnap them, and then sell them into slavery to Deep South Plantations. This formidable woman, who was notorious for her strength and...

  14. Louden County addresses Virginia Convention of 1829-1830
    date October, 1829map LOUDOUN, Virginiatags Law

    In a broadside addressing the Memorialists and other members of the Virginia Reframing Convention of 1829, the “Memorial of the non-freeholders and freeholders of the county of Loudoun' beseeched the assembly to reframe or amend the constitution of Virginia so as to allow all free men the right to vote. The invoked images of their forefathers rising up to fight the injustice of taxation...

  15. Richmond and Baltimore Union Line of Stages and Steamboats
    date October 20, 1829map HENRICO, Virginiatags Migration/Transportation

    The proprietors of the Richmond and Baltimore Union Line of Stages and Steamboats by Tappahannock placed a notice in the Richmond Enquirer in October of 1829 with the intent of informing the public of the on-going operation of their line of service. The posting boasted of the best of coaches and horses, the experienced drivers, and the best accommodations. Good roads and no nighttime land travel...

  16. Penitentiary law of 1829 passed by Governor Carroll
    date January, 1829 to April, 1829map DAVIDSON, Tennesseetags Crime/Violence, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    When Governor Carroll passed this new “Penitentiary Law,' many considered it to be truly revolutionary. This law completely transformed punishment in the state of Tennessee. For example, whipping posts, stocks, and cropping were abolished. Instead of being put to death for many crimes, hard labor in a penitentiary was now the punishment. Another key component of the law was the formation...

  17. House of Representatives drafts bill for the relief of James Monroe
    date February 25, 1829map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Urban-Life/Boosterism

    When a memorial of the citizens of Albemarle County, Virginia asked Congress to reconsider James Monroe's claims to reimbursement a Select Committee was formed. The Select committee did indeed find that the U.S. Government was indeed indebted to Monroe for his considerable and patriotic loans to the government during the War of 1812. The bill (No. 436) resolved to give the late president the...

  18. Louisiana's Ripe Climate
    date November 18, 1829map FELICIANA, Louisianatags Economy

    In a letter to his friend Richard Harlan, John Audubon related the beauty of his surroundings in Louisiana. Audubon followed his passion and sailed up the Mississippi, intent to paint all the birds of North America. The land in Louisiana teemed with life and gave Audubon plenty of subjects to base his paintings off of. Audubon recognized the richness of the terrain in Louisiana, a feature that had...

  19. A Clever Child Escapes Flogging
    date February 11, 1829map FREDERICK, Marylandtags Education

    A well-prepared young man demonstrated ingenuity and intelligence when his father presented him with the threat of flogging. The boy's father was a lieutenant in the US Army, a native of Frederick County, Maryland. Being a lieutenant meant that he was somewhat strict, but all he wanted was the best for his son. When the boy displeased his father, the father examined the cause of his misconduct...

  20. Students Set Fires
    date November 26, 1829map ALBEMARLE, Virginiatags Crime/Violence, Education

    On November 26, 1829, Thomas Goode Tucker, a student at the University of Virginia, was alerted of a very dangerous situation on grounds. In a letter to his father, approximately a month later, he recounted how some students set fire to an outhouse. Tucker heard of the fire, and as soon as word reached him, he ran to the scene where a large group of people were gathered, almost all of them gasping...

  21. Twenty Dollar Reward for Return of Slave
    date February 3, 1829map HENRICO, Virginiatags African-Americans, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    In February of 1829, WM. F. Wickham put out a notice in the Richmond Enquirer of a twenty dollar reward for the return to him of his slave Cyrus. He described Cyrus as a dark mulatto, between 25 and 30 years of age, rather below ordinary height, prominent cheek bones... He also said that Cyrus had a large scar under one of his eyes, and that he owned a new suit of brown cloth... and a striped...

  22. Tobacco Sales
    date February 3, 1829map HENRICO, Virginiatags Agriculture

    In February of 1829, a salesman named H.B. Montague posted an ad in the Richmond Enquirer advertising his services as a middleman in the sales of tobacco. Montague had taken out the official license to do this, which cost him sixty dollars. He also went into detail on his past doings in this realm, recalling how he began this enterprise when no one else would, and incurred losses at first, but he...

  23. A Trying Voyage
    date January 27, 1829map TERRITORY, Territorytags African-Americans, Health/Death, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Sunday morning, January 27, 1829... a joyful thankfulness filled our hearts, for we were entering the land of promise. Mary Wightman Helm had good reason to rejoice after a most difficult journey to Texas. Helm related that the trip usually took a bearable seven days, but left without a breeze in the unpredictable Gulf of Mexico, her voyage took an astonishing 31 days. The ship only carried provisions...

  24. Kentucky's Senate passes joint resolution to colonize “free people of color'
    date January, 1829map FRANKLIN, Kentuckytags African-Americans, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations

    In January, the Cherokee Phoenix and Indians' Advocate reported the outcome of the Kentucky State Senate's Joint Resolution. There were only three dissenting votes against these two measures. The first measure urged Kentucky's statesmen in Washington to endeavor Congress to appropriate money and aid, “so far is consistent with the Constitution of the United States, in colonizing...

  25. The Foundation of Tennessee Colonization Society and the First Freed Slaves to Leave Tennessee
    date December, 1829map DAVIDSON, Tennesseetags African-Americans, Race-Relations, Slavery

    In December 1829, Josiah F. Polk and Philip Lindsey created the Tennessee Colonization Society in Nashville. Polk and Lindsey's society was a branch of the American Colonization Society whose goal was to repatriate free slaves to Liberia in Africa. They started to try to convince free slaves to leave the United States as soon as the Society was created in 1829. If the slaves were not free, members...