Author: Richard E. BrennemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Ragsdale Family in America
Author: Richard E. BrennemanThe Ragsdale Family from England to America
Author: Ragsdales of America
Author: History and Genealogy of the Buford Family in America
Author: Marcus Bainbridge BufordPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Surname also spelled Beauford, Beaufort, Blueford, Bluford, Bueford, Buford, etc.
Ragsdale Family Branches
Author: Stephen D. RagsdaleGenealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986
Author: Library of CongressPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 1368
Book Description
The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.
Negro Office-holders in Virginia, 1865-1895
Author: Luther Porter JacksonPublisher:
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Category : African American legislators
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Washington at the Plow
Author: Bruce A. RagsdalePublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674246381
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A fresh, original look at George Washington as an innovative land manager whose singular passion for farming would unexpectedly lead him to reject slavery. George Washington spent more of his working life farming than he did at war or in political office. For over forty years, he devoted himself to the improvement of agriculture, which he saw as the means by which the American people would attain the Òrespectability & importance which we ought to hold in the world.Ó Washington at the Plow depicts the Òfirst farmer of AmericaÓ as a leading practitioner of the New Husbandry, a transatlantic movement that spearheaded advancements in crop rotation. A tireless experimentalist, Washington pulled up his tobacco and switched to wheat production, leading the way for the rest of the country. He filled his library with the latest agricultural treatises and pioneered land-management techniques that he hoped would guide small farmers, strengthen agrarian society, and ensure the prosperity of the nation. Slavery was a key part of WashingtonÕs pursuits. He saw enslaved field workers and artisans as means of agricultural development and tried repeatedly to adapt slave labor to new kinds of farming. To this end, he devised an original and exacting system of slave supervision. But Washington eventually found that forced labor could not achieve the productivity he desired. His inability to reconcile ideals of scientific farming and rural order with race-based slavery led him to reconsider the traditional foundations of the Virginia plantation. As Bruce Ragsdale shows, it was the inefficacy of chattel slavery, as much as moral revulsion at the practice, that informed WashingtonÕs famous decision to free his slaves after his death.
Ragsdale Family History, 1984
Author: Connie M. HutchinsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Andrew Ragsdale was born between 1800-1810 in South Carolina. He and his wife Elizabeth had ten children. His son William and his wife Susan Davis moved to Missouri after the Civil War. Many of their descendants remain in Missouri even today.
Ragsdale Family Papers
Author: Ragsdale familyPublisher:
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Two letters written by Ragsdale from Eugene City discussing family matters, housing, and prices, are of particular interest. "Dry goods as cheap as they air there and a heap cheaper on average".