The Journal of Southern History articles from May 2001

The Journal of Southern History archives from May 2001

Becoming Baptists: Conversion in Colonial and Early National Virginia.
May 1, 2001... BETWEEN 1755 AND 1790 VIRGINIANS PARTICIPATED IN A SERIES OF religious revivals that were crucial in rooting the Baptist Church in the South. Historians have long sought to explain the appeal of Baptist practice and faith to those who first...

Race, Color Blindness, and the Democratic Public: Albion W. Tourgee's Radical Principles in Plessy v. Ferguson.
May 1, 2001... How much would it be worth to a young man entering upon the practice of law, to be regarded as a white man rather than a colored one? Six-sevenths of the population are white. Nineteen-twentieths of the property of the country is owned by white...

The Closing of Mississippi Society: Will Campbell, The $64,000 Question, and Religious Emphasis Week at the University of Mississippi.
May 1, 2001... BARELY THREE MONTHS AFTER THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT ruled against school segregation in its May 1954 Brown decision, Will Campbell became director of religious life at the University of Mississippi. The thirty-year-old Baptist preacher...

Southern History in Periodicals, 2000: A Selected Bibliography.
May 1, 2001... THIS CLASSIFIED BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDES MOST SCHOLARLY ARTICLES IN the field of southern history published in periodicals in 2000 except for descriptive or genealogical writings of primary interest to a restricted group of readers. Since some...

Annual Report of the Secretary-Treasurer.
May 1, 2001... THE YEAR 2000 WILL STAND AS A LANDMARK DATE FOR THE SOUTHERN Historical Association as the result of significant monetary contributions from two of our distinguished members. When he died on December 17, 1999, C. Vann Woodward left a...

Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America.
May 1, 2001... Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America. By Ira Berlin. (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998. Pp. x, 497. Paper, $16.95, ISBN: 0-674-00211-3; cloth, $29.95, ISBN...

Migration and the Origins of the English Atlantic World.
May 1, 2001... Migration and the Origins of the English Atlantic World. By Alison Games. Harvard Historical Studies, No. 133. (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Harvard University Press, 1999. Pp. xiv, 322. $45.00, ISBN 0-674-53781-1.) The English colonial...

Domesticating Slavery: The Master Class in Georgia and South Carolina, 1670-1837.
May 1, 2001... Domesticating Slavery: The Master Class in Georgia and South Carolina, 1670-1837. By Jeffrey Robert Young. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 1999. Pp. xiv, 336. Paper, $18.95, ISBN 0-8078-4776-3; cloth, $49.95,...

The Sabbath Journal of Judith Lomax (1774-1828).
May 1, 2001... The Sabbath Journal of Judith Lomax (1774-1828). Edited by Laura Hobgood-Oster. American Academy of Religion, Texts and Translations Series, No. 25. (Atlanta, Ga.: Scholars Press, c. 1999. Pp. [x], 162. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 6-7885-0538-6.) ...

The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company: A Story of George Washington's Times.
May 1, 2001... The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company: A Story of George Washington's Times. By Charles Royster. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Pp. xii, 622. $35.00, ISBN 0-679-43345-7.) Scholars are inclined, if not compelled, to categorize;...

Republic of Letters: The American Intellectual Community, 1776-1865.
May 1, 2001... Republic of Letters: The American Intellectual Community, 1776-1865. By Gilman M. Ostrander. (Madison, Wis.: Madison House, 1999. Pp. xvi, 379. $35.95, ISBN 0-945612-63-X.) Gilman M. Ostrander, the author of this book, died in 1986. He was...

Jefferson and the Indians: The Tragic Fate of the First Americans.
May 1, 2001... Jefferson and the Indians: The Tragic Fate of the First Americans. By Anthony F. C. Wallace. (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1999. Pp. xvi, 394. $29.95, ISBN 0-67400066-8.) In Jefferson and the...

The African-American History of Nashville, Tennessee, 1780-1930: Elites and Dilemmas.
May 1, 2001... The African-American History of Nashville, Tennessee, 1780-1930: Elites and Dilemmas. By Bobby L. Lovett. Black Community. (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1999. Pp. xviii, 314. Paper, $18.00, ISBN 1-55728-556-X; cloth, $36.00, ISBN...

The Southern Judicial Tradition: State Judges and Sectional Distinctiveness, 1790-1890.
May 1, 2001... The Southern Judicial Tradition: State Judges and Sectional Distinctiveness, 1790-1890. By Timothy S. Huebner. Studies in the Legal History of the South. (Athens, Ga., and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 1999. Pp. xvi, 263. $45.00, ISBN...

Concealed Weapon Laws of the Early Republic: Dueling, Southern Violence, and Moral Reform.
May 1, 2001... Concealed Weapon Laws of the Early Republic: Dueling, Southern Violence, and Moral Reform. By Clayton E. Cramer. (Westport, Conn., and London: Praeger, 1999. Pp. x, 180. $55.00, ISBN 0-275-96615-1.) Why did the slave states take an early...

A Family of Women: The Carolina Petigrus in Peace and War.
May 1, 2001... A Family of Women: The Carolina Petigrus in Peace and War. By Jane H. Pease and William H. Pease. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 1999. Pp. xviii, 328. $29.95, ISBN 0-8078-2505-0.) This well-written study of...

Stephen F. Austin: Empresario of Texas.
May 1, 2001... Stephen F. Austin: Empresario of Texas. By Gregg Cantrell. (New Haven and London: Published by Yale University Press in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, c. 1999. Pp. xvi, 493....

John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private Life.
May 1, 2001... John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private Life. By Paul C. Nagel. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Pp. xii, 432. $30.00, ISBN 0-679-40444-9.) John Quincy Adams seldom fares well in the rankings of U.S. presidents frequently compiled by...

John Quincy Adams.
May 1, 2001... John Quincy Adams. By Lynn Hudson Parsons. American Profiles. (Madison, Wis.: Madison House, 1998. Pp. xviii, 284. $29.95, ISBN 0-945612-54-0.) John Quincy Adams seldom fares well in the rankings of U.S. presidents frequently compiled by...

Denmark Vesey.
May 1, 2001... Denmark Vesey. By David Robertson. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Pp. x, 202. $23.00, ISBN 0-679-44288-X.) David Robertson observes that the details of Denmark Vesey's life, of the lives of his companions, and of the conspiracy they...

The American Party Battle: Election Campaign Pamphlets, 1828-1876.
May 1, 2001... The American Party Battle: Election Campaign Pamphlets, 1828-1876. Volume 1, 1828-1856. Volume 2, 1854-1876. Edited and with an introduction by Joel H. Silbey. (Cambridge, Mass., and London: Harvard University Press, 1999. Pp. xxvi, 284. Paper,...

George Washington Grayson and the Creek Nation, 1843-1920.
May 1, 2001... George Washington Grayson and the Creek Nation, 1843-1920. By Mary Jane Warde. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, c. 1999. Pp. xviii, 334. $29.95, ISBN 0-8061-3160-8.) From early manhood through a long life of service to his people in...

The Croom Family and the Goodwood Plantation: Land, Litigation, and Southern Lives.
May 1, 2001... The Croom Family and the Goodwood Plantation: Land, Litigation, and Southern Lives. By William Warren Rogers and Erica R. Clark. (Athens, Ga., and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 1999. Pp. xx, 290. $35.00, ISBN0-8203-2069-2.) ...

The Colored Aristocracy of St. Louis.
May 1, 2001... The Colored Aristocracy of St. Louis. By Cyprian Clamorgan. Edited and with an introduction by Julie Winch. (Columbia, Mo., and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 1999. Pp. xiv, 122. $27.50, ISBN 0-8262-1236-0.) When Cyprian...

Debating Slavery: Economy and Society in the Antebellum American South.
May 1, 2001... Debating Slavery: Economy and Society in the Antebellum American South. By Mark M. Smith. New Studies in Economic and Social History. (New York, Cambridge, Eng., and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, c. 1998. Pp. xii, 123. Paper, $11.95,...

Political Abolitionism in Wisconsin, 1840-1861.
May 1, 2001... Political Abolitionism in Wisconsin, 1840-1861. By Michael J. McManus. (Kent, Ohio, and London: Kent State University Press, c. 1998. Pp. xiv, 288. $39.00, ISBN 0-87338-601-9.) In this study of antebellum Wisconsin, Michael J. McManus...

Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture.
May 1, 2001... Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture. By William J. Mahar. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, c. 1999. Pp. xxii, 444. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-252-06696-0; cloth, $60.00,...

The U.S. Army and the Texas Frontier Economy, 1845-1900.
May 1, 2001... The U.S. Army and the Texas Frontier Economy, 1845-1900. By Thomas T. Smith. Texas A&M University Military Series, No. 65. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xii, 307. $34.95, ISBN 0-89096-882-9.) Texas has provided...

Blue and Gray in Black and White: Newspapers in the Civil War.
May 1, 2001... Blue and Gray in Black and White: Newspapers in the Civil War. By Brayton Harris. (Washington, D.C., and London: Brassey's, c. 1999. Pp. xii, 365. $29.95, ISBN 1-57488-165-5.) In addition to being the most important source of information...

No Band of Brothers: Problems in the Rebel High Command.
May 1, 2001... No Band of Brothers: Problems in the Rebel High Command. By Steven B. Woodworth. Shades of Blue and Gray Series. (Columbia, Mo., and London: University of Missouri Press, c. 1999. Pp. xxii, 182. $29.95, ISBN 0-8262-1255-7.) The author of...

Abraham Lincoln and a New Birth of Freedom: The Union and Slavery in the Diplomacy of the Civil War.
May 1, 2001... Abraham Lincoln and a New Birth of Freedom: The Union and Slavery in the Diplomacy of the Civil War. By Howard Jones. (Lincoln, Neb., and London: University of Nebraska Press, c. 1999. Pp. xiv, 236. $29.95, ISBN 0-8032-2582-2.) Abraham...

Don't Shoot That Boy!: Abraham Lincoln and Military Justice.
May 1, 2001... Don't Shoot That Boy!: Abraham Lincoln and Military Justice. By Thomas P. Lowry. (Mason City, Iowa: Savas Publishing Company, c. 1999. Pp. xii, 320. $24.95, ISBN 1-882810-38-4.) Thomas P. Lowry examined about half the files from Record...

Guerillas, Unionists, and Violence on the Confederate Home Front.
May 1, 2001... Guerillas, Unionists, and Violence on the Confederate Home Front. Edited by Daniel Sutherland. (Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1999. Pp. viii, 250. Paper, $20.00, ISBN 1-55728-550-0; cloth, $32.00, ISBN 1-55728-549-7.) ...

Confederate Home Front: Montgomery During the Civil War.
May 1, 2001... Confederate Home Front: Montgomery During the Civil War. By William Warren Rogers Jr. (Tuscaloosa and London: University of Alabama Press, c. 1999. Pp. xiv, 209. $29.95, ISBN 0-8173-0962-4.) Historians, it seems, cannot leave the...

Gray Ghost: The Life of Col. John Singleton Mosby.
May 1, 2001... Gray Ghost: The Life of Col. John Singleton Mosby. By James A. Ramage. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, c. 1999. Pp. [viii], 428. $30.00, ISBN 0-8131-2135-3). James A. Ramage, the author of Rebel Raider: The Life of General John...

Confederate Admiral: The Life and Wars of Franklin Buchanan.
May 1, 2001... Confederate Admiral: The Life and Wars of Franklin Buchanan. By Craig L. Symonds. Library of Naval Biography. (Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, c. 1999. Pp. xviii, 274. $32.95, ISBN 1-55750-844-5.) Franklin Buchanan joined the U.S....

Too Afraid to Cry: Maryland Civilians in the Antietam Campaign.
May 1, 2001... Too Afraid to Cry: Maryland Civilians in the Antietam Campaign. By Kathleen A. Ernst. (Mechanicsburg, Penn.: Stackpole Books, c. 1999. Pp. xviii, 300. $24.95, ISBN 0-8117-1602-3.) A recent trend in Civil War historiography grants civilians...

The Lincoln Forum: Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg and the Civil War.
May 1, 2001... The Lincoln Forum: Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg and the Civil War. Edited by John Y. Simon, Harold Holzer, and William Pederson. (Mason City, Iowa: Savas Publishing Company, c. 1999. Pp. x, 121. $19.95, ISBN 1-882810-37-6.) This is a...

Duty Faithfully Performed: Robert E. Lee and His Critics.
May 1, 2001... Duty Faithfully Performed: Robert E. Lee and His Critics. By John M. Taylor. Foreword by Rod Paschall. (Dulles, Va.: Brassey's, c. 1999. Pp. xvi, 268. $27.95, ISBN 1-57488-158-2.) John M. Taylor has written about William H. Seward, Raphael...

Hurrah for Hampton! Black Red Shirts in South Carolina during Reconstruction.
May 1, 2001... Hurrah for Hampton! Black Red Shirts in South Carolina during Reconstruction. By Edmund L. Drago. (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1998. Pp. xviii, 158. $32.00, ISBN 1-55728-541-1.) Lee Drago's Hurrah for Hampton! complicates...

Slavery, Race, and American History: Historical Conflicts, Trends, and Method, 1866-1953.
May 1, 2001... Slavery, Race, and American History: Historical Conflicts, Trends, and Method, 1866-1953. By John David Smith. (Armonk, N.Y., and London: M. E. Sharpe, c. 1999. Pp. xvi, 240. Paper, $23.95, ISBN 0-7656-0378-0; cloth, $64.95, ISBN...

Tracks to the Sea: Galveston and Western Railroad Development, 1866-1900.
May 1, 2001... Tracks to the Sea: Galveston and Western Railroad Development, 1866-1900. By Earle B. Young. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, c. 1999. Pp. 158. $29.95. ISBN 0-89096-883-7.) Earle B. Young's Tracks to the Sea is a companion...

Religion, Race, and Reconstruction: The Public School in the Politics of the 1870s.
May 1, 2001... Religion, Race, and Reconstruction: The Public School in the Politics of the 1870s. By Ward M. McAfee. Religion and American Public Life. (Albany: State University of New York Press, c. 1998. Pp. x, 317. Paper, $21.95, ISBN 0-7914-3848-1;...

The Final Frontiers, 1880-1930: Settling the Southern Bottomlands.
May 1, 2001... The Final Frontiers, 1880-1930: Settling the Southern Bottomlands. By John Solomon Otto. Contributions in American History, No. 183. (Westport, Conn., and London: Greenwood Press, c. 1999. Pp. xii, 189. $59.95, ISBN 0-313-28963-8.) John...

Sam Bass and Gang.
May 1, 2001... Sam Bass and Gang. By Rick Miller. (Austin, Tex.: State House Press, 1999. Pp. xii, 412. Paper, $21.95, ISBN 1-880510-66-9; cloth, $34.95, ISBN 1-880510-65-0.) When I was growing up in Denton, Texas, in the 1940s, the legend of Sam Bass...

Bernice Kelly Harris: A Good Life Was Writing.
May 1, 2001... Bernice Kelly Harris: A Good Life Was Writing. By Valerie Raleigh Yow. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xxii, 334. $39.95, ISBN 0-8071-2348-X.) Bernice Kelly was born in 1891 or 1894 (the text of this biography...

The Politics of Race and Schooling: Public Education in Georgia, 1900-1961.
May 1, 2001... The Politics of Race and Schooling: Public Education in Georgia, 1900-1961. By Thomas V. O'Brien. (Lanham, Md., and other cities: Lexington Books, c. 1999. Pp. xviii, 229. $45.00, ISBN 0-7391-0060-2.) Among the characteristics of modernity...

Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching that Launched 100 Years of Federalism.
May 1, 2001... Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching that Launched 100 Years of Federalism. By Mark Curriden and Leroy Phillips Jr. (New York: Faber and Faber, c. 1999. Pp. xviii, 394. $30.00, ISBN 0-571-19952-6.) Near midnight on March 19,...

Out of the Black Patch: The Autobiography of Effie Marquess Carmack, Folk Musician, Artist, and Writer.
May 1, 2001... Out of the Black Patch: The Autobiography of Effie Marquess Carmack, Folk Musician, Artist, and Writer. Edited by Noel A. Carmack and Karen Lynn Davidson. Life Writings of Frontier Women, Vol. 4. (Logan: Utah State University Press, c. 1999....

Where the Wild Animals is Plentiful: Diary of an Alabama Fur Trader's Daughter, 1912-1914.
May 1, 2001... Where the Wild Animals is Plentiful: Diary of an Alabama Fur Trader's Daughter, 1912-1914. By May Jordan. Edited by Elisa Moore Baldwin. (Tuscaloosa and London: University of Alabama Press, c. 1999. Pp. xii, 263. $34.95, ISBN 0-8173-0980-2.)...

Light and Air: The Photography of Bayard Wootten.
May 1, 2001... Light and Air: The Photography of Bayard Wootten. By Jerry W. Cotten. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 1998. Pp. xviii, 253. $37.50, ISBN 0-8078-2445-3.) Bayard (pronounced "By-ard") Wootten was a southern...

In Darkness with God: The Life of Joseph Gomez, A Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
May 1, 2001... In Darkness with God: The Life of Joseph Gomez, A Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. By Annetta Louise Gomez-Jefferson. (Kent, Oh., and London: Kent State University Press, c. 1998. Pp. xvi, 439. $45.00, ISBN 0-87338-607-8.) ...

Before His Time: The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore, America's First Civil Rights Martyr.
May 1, 2001... Before His Time: The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore, America's First Civil Rights Martyr. By Ben Green. (New York: The Free Press, c. 1999. Pp. viii, 310. $25.00, ISBN 0-684-85453-8.) From his home just a few miles from today's Kennedy...

Testing the Limits: George Armistead Smathers and Cold War America.
May 1, 2001... Testing the Limits: George Armistead Smathers and Cold War America. By Brian Lewis Crispell. (Athens, Ga., and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 1999. Pp. xx, 234. $35.00, ISBN 0-8203-2103-6.) History has not been kind to George...

Understanding the Little Rock Crisis: An Exercise in Remembrance and Reconciliation.
May 1, 2001... Understanding the Little Rock Crisis: An Exercise in Remembrance and Reconciliation. Edited by Elizabeth Jacoway and C. Fred Williams. (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1999. Pp. x, 186. Paper, $16.00, ISBN 1-55728-530-6; cloth,...

Bitters in the Honey: Tales of Hope and Disappointment Across Divides of Race and Time.
May 1, 2001... Bitters in the Honey: Tales of Hope and Disappointment Across Divides of Race and Time. By Beth Roy. (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1999. Pp. viii, 400. Paper, $20.00, ISBN 1-55728-554-3; cloth, $32.00, ISBN 1-55728-553-5.) ...

Neither Separate Nor Equal: Women, Race, and Class in the South.
May 1, 2001... Neither Separate Nor Equal: Women, Race, and Class in the South. Edited by Barbara Ellen Smith. Women in the Political Economy. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, c. 1999. Pp. x, 286. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-56639-680-8; cloth, $59.50, ISBN...

Southern Politics in the 1990s.
May 1, 2001... Southern Politics in the 1990s. Edited by Alexander P. Lamis. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1999. Pp. xviii, 490. $39.95, ISBN 0-8071-2374-9.) Scholars have attempted to update V. O. Key's magisterial Southern Politics in...

Creating the South Carolina State House.
May 1, 2001... Creating the South Carolina State House. By John M. Bryan. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, c. 1999. Pp. xviii, 203. $39.95, ISBN 1-57003-291-2.) The renovation of South Carolina's State House in Columbia between 1995 and...

Women of the American South: A Multicultural Reader.
May 1, 2001... Women of the American South: A Multicultural Reader. Edited by Christie Anne Farnham. (New York and London: New York University Press, c. 1997. Pp. x, 319. Paper, $19.50, ISBN 0-8147-2655-0; cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-8147-2654-2.) Women of the...

Black Movements in America.
May 1, 2001... Black Movements in America. By Cedric J. Robinson. (New York and London: Routledge, c. 1997. Pp. ii, 179. Paper, $16.99, ISBN 0-415-91222-9.) Is it possible to cover the four-hundred-year history of African Americans in the New World, to...

Tennesseans and Their History.
May 1, 2001... Tennesseans and Their History. By Paul H. Bergeron, Stephen V. Ash, and Jeanette Keith. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c. 1999. Pp. xiv, 357. Paper, $15.00, ISBN 1-57233-056-2; cloth, $30.00, ISBN 1-57233055-4.) The authors of...

The Everglades: An Environmental History.
May 1, 2001... The Everglades: An Environmental History. By David McCally. Foreword by Raymond Arsenault and Gary R. Mormino. The Florida History and Culture Series. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 1999. Pp. xxii, 215. $39.95,...

An Environmental History of Northeast Florida.
May 1, 2001... An Environmental History of Northeast Florida. By James J. Miller. (Gainesville and other cities: University Press of Florida, c. 1998. Pp. xvi, 223. $49.95, ISBN 0-8130-1600-2.) The scope of environmental history often appears daunting to...

Historic American Towns along the Atlantic Coast.
May 1, 2001... Historic American Towns along the Atlantic Coast. By Warren Boeschenstein. (Baltimore and London: Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Santa Fe, N.M., and Harrisonburg, Va., c....

Musica Tejana: The Cultural Economy of Artistic Transformation.
May 1, 2001... Musica Tejana: The Cultural Economy of Artistic Transformation. By Manuel Pena. University of Houston Center in Mexican American Studies, No. 1. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xii, 239. Paper, $15.95, ISBN...

Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music.
May 1, 2001... Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music. By Jay R. Howard and John M. Streck. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, c. 1999. Pp. viii, 299. $29.95, ISBN 0-8131-2105-1.) Contemporary Christian music (CCM)...

Historical News and Notices.
May 1, 2001... THE ASSOCIATION Nominations for 2001: The 2000 Nominating Committee, consisting of Linda Reed of the University of Houston, chair; Vernon O. Burton of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Raymond Gavins of Duke University,...