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  1. Maryland Deals with a Growing Free Black Population
    date January 1, 1830 to December 31, 1830map CHARLES, Marylandtags African-Americans, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Throughout 1830, the number of slave holders in Maryland was declining, and those who remained were fighting a losing battle to maintain control over the state government. In 1830, white slaveholders consisted of only 35% of the white population of Maryland, yet controlled 60% of the seats in the state legislature -- a fact which was all to prevalent to many anti-slavery whites and to free blacks....

  2. Gift for a Grandaughter
    date 1830map BEDFORD, Virginiatags Slavery

    It was clear that James Tinsley wanted nothing more than for his granddaughter to have someone to HAVE AND TO HOLD (since he capitalized the phrase). In 1830, he wrote a deed giving his young six-year-old slave, Martha Jane, to his granddaughter Cleopatra Albertine Tinsley. Not only did James Tinsley give Mary Jane but also all of her increase forever. It was not unusual for southern children...

  3. A Scarcity of Goods
    date 1830map TERRITORY, Territorytags Agriculture, Economy, Migration/Transportation

    The low water level made the landing of ships near the mouth of the Brazos difficult. And, fortunately for William hunter, the ship that was lost to the sand bar (he could not remember the name of the ship) was not carrying his goods. However, the incident was instructive to Hunter, as he reported to his business associate James Perry (who resided in Missouri at the time), in that after the ship's...

  4. Moses Austin's Final Move
    date 1830map TERRITORY, Territorytags Church/Religious-Activity, Health/Death, Government, Law, Politics, Race-Relations

    Moses Austin had been dead nine years when his final move came about. The owners of the land where Austin and his wife were buried were apparently quite anxious to have their bodies moved off of the property, for reasons unknown today. Their son, Stephen Austin requested to a certain Bishop Rosatti (through his brother-in-law) that they be placed in a Catholic burying ground. It was noted to the...

  5. Transportation Problems in Appalachia
    date 1830map KANAWHA, Virginiatags Economy, Migration/Transportation

    The river was dangerously low. Travelers from Virginia to Kentucky in 1830 needed the river, but fortune did not smile on Robert Whitehead. After a breathtakingly beautiful trip through the countryside to the New River, Whitehead faced water levels lower than any in recent memory. With his chances of catching the steamboat back home dashed, he turned to a precariously small skiff constructed of...

  6. Evangelical Religion in Western Virginia
    date 1830map GREENBRIER, Virginiatags Church/Religious-Activity

    Joshua 24:15 spoke strongly to Robert Whitehead. If it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord. Choose ye this day whom you will serve. Mr. Spriggs, the young Methodist minister who delivered this message in Lewisburg in 1830, awed Whitehead with his forceful words to the point that he attended church twice that day. Whitehead knew that one day the young gentleman would be a religious personality...

  7. A Writer's Reaction to the Treatment of the Cheorkee People in Georgia
    date January 2, 1830 to December 31, 1830map INDIAN LANDS, Georgiatags Cherokee Indians, Native-Americans, Indian Removal Act of 1830

    January 1830. An impassioned plea has been made by writer William Penn in the January 2nd 1830 edition of   The Religious Intelligencer, for the case of the Cherokee Nation against the state of Georgia. He has expressed a growing outrage and disgust against the way Indians in general have been mistreated by the United States and her citizens. The government is called upon to...

  8. Racial Discrimination in Southern Irish Jokes
    date February 12, 1830 to April 16, 1830map ALBEMARLE, Virginiatags Church/Religious-Activity, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    Albemarle County's residents eagerly looked forward to the popular Miscellaneous Section of Charlottesville's weekly paper, The Virginia Advocate. In this segment readers found many lighthearted topics including a sequence of imaginary situations reflecting both the political and social atmosphere of the era. In addition to jokes about the fancies of women, the life of the theater,...

  9. South Carolina Jockey Club 1830 Race
    date February 23, 1830 to March 1, 1830map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Arts/Leisure, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    The advertisements started early in the year for the South Carolina Jockey Club's Annual Horse Race. News of the event was spread to New York and Virginia, as this was known to be one of the biggest social events of the season. The races lasted for several days, ending in a ball that topped all social events of the season and culminated in the election of the new slate of officers. The Charleston...

  10. Steamboat Explosion Rattles Legislation
    date February 24, 1830map SHELBY, Tennesseetags Agriculture, Economy, Government, Health/Death, Law, Migration/Transportation

    With a sound "resembling the discharge of a small piece of artillery" and "the rushing sound of steam, and the rattling of glass", the starboard boiler on the steamboat Helen McGregor exploded on February 24, 1830 on the Memphis waterfront. In The Mariner's Chronicle, one gentleman on board described the scene in the boiler room as a "complete wreck - a picture of destruction". He...