Author: Augustus Finch ShirtsPublisher:
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A History of the Formation, Settlement and Development of Hamilton County, Indiana
Author: Augustus Finch ShirtsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Hidden History of Hamilton County, Indiana
Author: David HeighwayPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467150177
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Hamilton County's past harbors sundry strange tales, many of them lost to time--until now. In 1867, a groom disappeared just before his wedding, presumably running away on cold feet. Four decades later, his remains were discovered buried under a shed in a mystery that remains unsolved. In the 1870s, the sheriff marshaled a seven-man posse, including two local African Americans, to deal with "desperados" in an isolated corner of the county. Their heroic efforts swiftly liberated the local populace from the yoke of banditry. A giant wave of ravenous squirrels descended on Central Indiana in 1822 to feast on crops, to the shock and dismay of new settlers. Join County Historian David Heighway for a tour of all things odd and forgotten.
Indiana Magazine of History
Author: Solomon Northup's Kindred
Author: David FiskePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Kidnapping was a lucrative crime in antebellum America, and many American citizens—especially free blacks—were abducted for profit. This book reveals the untold stories of the captured. The story of Solomon Northup, subject of the Academy Award-winning best picture 12 Years a Slave, is representative of the deplorable treatment many African Americans experienced in the period leading up to the Civil War. This book examines antebellum kidnapping, delving into why and how it occurred, and illustrating the active role the U.S. government played in allowing it to continue. It presents case studies of dozens of victims' experiences that illustrate a grim and little-remembered chapter in American history. David Fiske's Solomon Northup's Kindred reveals the abhorrent conditions and greed that resulted in the kidnapping of American citizens. Factors like early fugitive slave laws, the invention of the cotton gin, the 1808 ban on importing slaves into the United States, and the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision made these crimes highly profitable. Fiske sheds much-needed light on the practice of kidnapping, explaining how it was carried out, identifying conditions that allowed kidnappers to operate, and describing methods for combating the crime. He offers dozens of case studies along with documentation from across historical newspaper reports, anti-slavery literature, local history books, and academic publications to provide an accurate account of kidnapping crimes of the time.
The Underground Railroad
Author: Mary Ellen SnodgrassPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317454162
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 847
Book Description
Provides a look at the network known as the Underground Railroad - that mysterious "system" of individuals and organizations that helped slaves escape the American South to freedom during the years before the Civil War. This work also explores the people, places, writings, laws, and organizations that made this network possible.
The Diary of Calvin Fletcher, Volume 4: 1848-1852
Author: Calvin FletcherPublisher: Indiana Historical Society
ISBN: 0871950219
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
Calvin Fletcher, born in Vermont in 1798, came to Indiana from Ohio in 1821, and in the next forty-five years made a fortune, raised eleven children, and was a pillar of the community. This pioneer Indianapolis lawyer, banker, and philanthropist kept a diary for most of his long life, and in it he recorded both the growth of his family and his community. Whether complaining, criticizing, observing shrewdly, or agonizing, Fletcher emerges as both a complex and unforgettable human being. Each of the set's nine volumes has a preface, chronology, and index. Volume nine includes a cumulative index.
The Heady Family of Hamilton County, Indiana, 1820 to 1900
Author: William Albert MartinPublisher:
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Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
James Heady moved from Ohio into Indiana in the early 1800's. Includes his descendants, mostly in Indiana.
Noblesville
Author: Nancy A. MasseyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738582735
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Since 1824, Noblesville has served as the county seat for Hamilton County, Indiana. Located on the White River just north of Indianapolis, Noblesville grew from rural beginnings, changing as businesses and industry moved into the area, which was encouraged by the discovery of natural gas. This book documents the history, community life, and growth of Noblesville using stories and photographs collected from local residents, historians, church archives, the Hamilton County Historical Society, and the Hamilton East Public Library. These photographs bring the daily life of this Midwest community vividly into view.
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