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  1. Controversial Mail in Tennessee
    date September 7, 1822map WILLIAMSON, Tennesseetags Economy, Migration/Transportation

    On September 7, 1822, The Independent Gazette explained that Proposals have been issued for carrying the mail in Tennessee. According to the newspaper, people of Franklin would receive two mails a week, instead of thesix previously received (one from the South to arrive every Tuesday and one from Nashville, every Wednesday). Such a modification would cut economic and commercial links, and actually,...

  2. Former Slave Seeks White Endorsement
    date February 20, 1819map RICHMOND, Georgiatags African-Americans, Migration/Transportation, Slavery

    In Augusta, Georgia, Henry Hartford Cumming released his slave Henry Todd from the bonds of slavery in 1809. However, the freed African American didn't leave the Augusta area. Instead, he waited until he could purchase and earn his path outside of the region. When Henry decided to leave, Cumming, in 1819, asked for and received the signatures of many white, male aristocrats. They all endorsed the Todd...

  3. A West Virginians Bookkeeping
    date 1872map JEFFERSON, West Virginiatags Agriculture, Economy, Migration/Transportation

    Migrants headed to the frontier in the nineteenth century were eager to work. Many, unable to immediately settle down and begin anew, worked on farms they encountered in order to make money. On the other side were the farmers who could charge these migrants room and board and pay them set wages to do the work around their farm. Franklin Osburn not only ran a farm but also a country store on his property....

  4. The Dutch Ferryman
    date 1835map RAPIDES, Louisianatags Agriculture, Church/Religious-Activity, Economy, Migration/Transportation, Native-Americans

    Presbyterian Reverend Timothy Flint had been settled with his family in Alexandria, Louisiana for 10 years when he set out at the age of 55 to explore the Red River and the people who lived along it. Commissioned by the Missionary Society of Connecticut in 1815 to preach Christianity to the masses of emigrants moving west, Flint was no stranger to such exploration. He ministered in the Ohio Valley,...

  5. Death of Capt. K G Gittio
    date February 25, 1885map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags Health/Death, Economy, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Few citizens of Portsmouth could escape the mourning of K G Gittio's death. On February 25, 1885 it covered the front page news, flags flew at half-mast, locomotives were shrouded, and traffic stopped, while people flooded to his funeral. The city had lost a respected citizen and a leading businessman, regarded as one of the South's best railroad men. Gittio, thinking he had a cold, had called upon...

  6. Land Trade for more Slaves
    date August 25, 1861 to 1861map HOUSTON, Texastags African-Americans, Migration/Transportation, Slavery

    Texas land was ideal for slaveholders. There was seemingly no end to the vast land territory, there were long growing seasons, and they could grow multiple crops throughout the year. Although slavery arrived late to Texas, it soon became as powerful as an institution as elsewhere in the South. One example of the desire to attain slaves to work the land is evident in the slave trade offer notices...

  7. The Loss of a Culture
    date May 3, 1855map CHOCTAW, Mississippitags Migration/Transportation, Native-Americans, Race-Relations

    Many Native American tribes, including the Choctaws of Mississippi, struggled with their identity as a people during the nineteenth century. As white America expanded west, the lives of these peoples began to be transformed forever. Many Native Americans abandoned their heritage in the pressing tide. They replaced the traditions of their ancestors with many economic, social and political practices...

  8. The Peculiarity of William Knoth's Insanity
    date September 14, 1853map AUGUSTA, Virginiatags Health/Death, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    William Knoth, an inmate of the Insane Asylum located in Augusta County, Virginia, escaped the facility and fled to Canada. He was described as being in a deranged state prior to his flight. Knoth had believed that the people of Augusta were hostile towards him because he was prejudiced against slavery. This is assumed to be the reason why he left for Canada. In addition, the inmate took with him 300,...

  9. Economic Disparity in the South after the Civil War
    date November 12, 1869map PAGE, Virginiatags Economy, Migration/Transportation, War

    The Page Courier newspaper, on November 12, 1869, submitted a request to some of their clients in the county. The newspaper declared Wood-Wood-Our wood paying subscribers will remember that we will freeze without fire. The Page Courier Newspaper had previously set up a method of payment with its poorer clients to exchange newspapers with firewood. BRING IT IN the Courier begged. This desperate request...

  10. Shipwreck of the Steam-Packet Home
    date October 10, 1847 to 1847map CURRITUCK, North Carolinatags Church/Religious-Activity, Health/Death, Migration/Transportation

    On Saturday afternoon, John D. Roland left New York on the steam-packet Home bound for Charleston. His trip quickly took a turn for the worst. By Monday morning, the ship encountered a violent hurricane in the waters around Cape Hatteras and was taking on water. All hands were at the pumps, women included, bailing out water, but the leak continued to increase. After water reached the engine, Captain...

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