Author: Julius Allan De GruyterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kanawha County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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The Kanawha Spectator
Author: Julius Allan De GruyterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kanawha County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Kanawha Spectator
Author: Julius Allan De GruyterPublisher:
ISBN: 9780870122491
Category : Kanawha County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
Men, Mountains, and Rivers
Author: Leland R. JohnsonPublisher:
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Category : Ohio River
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM
Author: FELTON PERKINSPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365162036
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
Before 1800 it was quite common for Negroes to be taught to read and write a little. As early as 1719 there was evidence of some interest in Negro education. In Princess Anne County at court held the third of February that year, upon the petition of John Jamerson, it was ordered "Ned Anderson. a free Negro boy, be bound out to him till he comes to age that he teach him to read and the trade of a tanner." In the same county on July 5, 1727, it was "ordered that David James. A free Negro, be bound to Mr. James Isdel who is to teach him to read the Bible distinctly, also the trade of a gun smith." The following advertisement gave high praise to the education and qualification of a young Negro in 1767 in the Virginia Gazette.'
Absentee Landowning and Exploitation in West Virginia, 1760-1920
Author: Barbara RasmussenPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813184398
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Absentee landowning has long been tied to economic distress in Appalachia. In this important revisionist study, Barbara Rasmussen examines the nature of landownership in five counties of West Virginia and its effects upon the counties' economic and social development. Rasmussen untangles a web of outside domination of the region that commenced before the American Revolution, creating a legacy of hardship that continues to plague Appalachia today. The owners and exploiters of the region have included Lord Fairfax, George Washington, and, most recently, the U.S. Forest Service. The overarching concern of these absentee landowners has been to control the land, the politics, the government, and the resources of the fabulously rich Appalachian Mountains. Their early and relentless domination of politics assured a land tax system that still favors absentee landholders and simultaneously impoverishes the state. Class differences, a capitalistic outlook, and an ethic of growth and development pervaded western Virginia from earliest settlement. Residents, however, were quickly outspent by wealthier, more powerful outsiders. Insecurity in landownership, Rasmussen demonstrates, is the most significant difference between early mountain farmers and early American farmers everywhere.
Annual Meeting
Author: Ohio Valley Historical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ohio River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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West Virginia History
Author: History of West Virginia, Old and New
Author: James Morton CallahanPublisher:
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Category : West Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly
Author: Report of the ... Annual Meeting
Author: Ohio Valley Historical Association. MeetingPublisher:
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Category : Ohio River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description