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Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory
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Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860-61
Author: John L. Mitchell
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Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Languages : en
Pages : 540
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The Development and Growth of City Directories
Author: A. V. Williams
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Compilation of directory publications by major city, worldwide, before 1913.
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Compilation of directory publications by major city, worldwide, before 1913.
Nashville City and Business Directory ...
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Category : Nashville (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Category : Nashville (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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In Search of the Promised Land
Author: John Hope Franklin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190207604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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The matriarch of a remarkable African American family, Sally Thomas went from being a slave on a tobacco plantation to a "virtually free" slave who ran her own business and purchased one of her sons out of bondage. In Search of the Promised Land offers a vivid portrait of the extended Thomas-Rapier family and of slave life before the Civil War. Based on personal letters and an autobiography by one of Thomas' sons, this remarkable piece of detective work follows the family as they walk the boundary between slave and free, traveling across the country in search of a "promised land" where African Americans would be treated with respect. Their record of these journeys provides a vibrant picture of antebellum America, ranging from New Orleans to St. Louis to the Overland Trail. The authors weave a compelling narrative that illuminates the larger themes of slavery and freedom while examining the family's experiences with the California Gold Rush, Civil War battles, and steamboat adventures. The documents show how the Thomas-Rapier kin bore witness to the full gamut of slavery--from brutal punishment, runaways, and the breakup of slave families to miscegenation, insurrection panics, and slave patrols. The book also exposes the hidden lives of "virtually free" slaves, who maintained close relationships with whites, maneuvered within the system, and gained a large measure of autonomy.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190207604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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The matriarch of a remarkable African American family, Sally Thomas went from being a slave on a tobacco plantation to a "virtually free" slave who ran her own business and purchased one of her sons out of bondage. In Search of the Promised Land offers a vivid portrait of the extended Thomas-Rapier family and of slave life before the Civil War. Based on personal letters and an autobiography by one of Thomas' sons, this remarkable piece of detective work follows the family as they walk the boundary between slave and free, traveling across the country in search of a "promised land" where African Americans would be treated with respect. Their record of these journeys provides a vibrant picture of antebellum America, ranging from New Orleans to St. Louis to the Overland Trail. The authors weave a compelling narrative that illuminates the larger themes of slavery and freedom while examining the family's experiences with the California Gold Rush, Civil War battles, and steamboat adventures. The documents show how the Thomas-Rapier kin bore witness to the full gamut of slavery--from brutal punishment, runaways, and the breakup of slave families to miscegenation, insurrection panics, and slave patrols. The book also exposes the hidden lives of "virtually free" slaves, who maintained close relationships with whites, maneuvered within the system, and gained a large measure of autonomy.
The Papers
Author: Andrew Johnson
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870492730
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870492730
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Languages : en
Pages : 760
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The Papers of Andrew Johnson
Author: Andrew Johnson
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870493461
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 904
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Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870493461
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 904
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T.O.B.A. Time
Author: Michelle R. Scott
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252054032
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 207
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Black vaudevillians and entertainers joked that T.O.B.A. stood for “tough on black artists.” But the Theater Owner’s Booking Association (T.O.B.A.) played a foundational role in the African American entertainment industry and provided a training ground for icons like Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Sammy Davis Jr., the Nicholas Brothers, Count Basie, and Butterbeans and Susie. Michelle R. Scott’s institutional history details T.O.B.A.’s origins and practices while telling the little-known stories of the managers, producers, performers, and audience members involved in the circuit. Looking at the organization over its eleven-year existence (1920–1931), Scott places T.O.B.A. against the backdrop of what entrepreneurship and business development meant in black America at the time. Scott also highlights how intellectuals debated the social, economic, and political significance of black entertainment from the early 1900s through T.O.B.A.’s decline during the Great Depression. Clear-eyed and comprehensive, T.O.B.A. Time is a fascinating account of black entertainment and black business during a formative era.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252054032
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 207
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Black vaudevillians and entertainers joked that T.O.B.A. stood for “tough on black artists.” But the Theater Owner’s Booking Association (T.O.B.A.) played a foundational role in the African American entertainment industry and provided a training ground for icons like Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Sammy Davis Jr., the Nicholas Brothers, Count Basie, and Butterbeans and Susie. Michelle R. Scott’s institutional history details T.O.B.A.’s origins and practices while telling the little-known stories of the managers, producers, performers, and audience members involved in the circuit. Looking at the organization over its eleven-year existence (1920–1931), Scott places T.O.B.A. against the backdrop of what entrepreneurship and business development meant in black America at the time. Scott also highlights how intellectuals debated the social, economic, and political significance of black entertainment from the early 1900s through T.O.B.A.’s decline during the Great Depression. Clear-eyed and comprehensive, T.O.B.A. Time is a fascinating account of black entertainment and black business during a formative era.
John L. Mitchell's Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory
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Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph Sabin
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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