Author: William Richard Cutter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
An American Planter
Author: Martha Jane Brazy
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807142751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Extraordinarily wealthy and influential, Stephen Duncan (1787–1867) was a landowner, slaveholder, and financier with a remarkable array of social, economic, and political contacts in pre-Civil War America. In this, the first biography of Duncan, Martha Jane Brazy offers a compelling new portrait of antebellum life through exploration of Duncan's multifaceted personal networks in both the South and the North. Duncan grew up in an elite Pennsylvania family with strong business ties in Philadelphia. There was little indication, though, that he would become a cosmopolitan entrepreneur who would own over fifteen plantations in Mississippi and Louisiana, collectively owning more than two thousand slaves. With style and substance, Martha Jane Brazy describes both the development of Duncan's businesses and the lives of the slaves on whose labor his empire was constructed. According to Brazy, Duncan was a hybrid, not fully a southerner or a northerner. He was also, Brazy shows, a paradox. Although he put down deep roots in Natchez, his sphere of influence was national in scope. Although his wealth was greatly dependent on the slaves he owned, he predicted a clash over the issue of slave ownership nearly three decades before the onset of the Civil War. Perhaps more than any other planter studied, Duncan contradicts historians' definition of the southern slaveholding aristocracy. By connecting and contrasting the networks of this elite planter and those he enslaved, Brazy provides new insights into the slaveocracy of antebellum America.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807142751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Extraordinarily wealthy and influential, Stephen Duncan (1787–1867) was a landowner, slaveholder, and financier with a remarkable array of social, economic, and political contacts in pre-Civil War America. In this, the first biography of Duncan, Martha Jane Brazy offers a compelling new portrait of antebellum life through exploration of Duncan's multifaceted personal networks in both the South and the North. Duncan grew up in an elite Pennsylvania family with strong business ties in Philadelphia. There was little indication, though, that he would become a cosmopolitan entrepreneur who would own over fifteen plantations in Mississippi and Louisiana, collectively owning more than two thousand slaves. With style and substance, Martha Jane Brazy describes both the development of Duncan's businesses and the lives of the slaves on whose labor his empire was constructed. According to Brazy, Duncan was a hybrid, not fully a southerner or a northerner. He was also, Brazy shows, a paradox. Although he put down deep roots in Natchez, his sphere of influence was national in scope. Although his wealth was greatly dependent on the slaves he owned, he predicted a clash over the issue of slave ownership nearly three decades before the onset of the Civil War. Perhaps more than any other planter studied, Duncan contradicts historians' definition of the southern slaveholding aristocracy. By connecting and contrasting the networks of this elite planter and those he enslaved, Brazy provides new insights into the slaveocracy of antebellum America.
Genealogical and Family History of Western New York
Author: William Richard Cutter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
I don't know you from Adam / Smith Family History
Author: A.D. Smith
Publisher: Positive Gain Enterprises
ISBN: 9780977184026
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher: Positive Gain Enterprises
ISBN: 9780977184026
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Life of John Duncan
Author: Alexander Moody Stuart
Publisher: Banner of Truth
ISBN: 9780851516080
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
A man of brilliant intellect, John ('Rabbi') Duncan is often known today only by the eccentricities which marked his life - as is often true of men of genius. But it is by his spiritual experience he is best remembered. Contemporary Christians can learn much from these reminiscences of his life.
Publisher: Banner of Truth
ISBN: 9780851516080
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
A man of brilliant intellect, John ('Rabbi') Duncan is often known today only by the eccentricities which marked his life - as is often true of men of genius. But it is by his spiritual experience he is best remembered. Contemporary Christians can learn much from these reminiscences of his life.
The Story of Thomas Duncan and His Six Sons
Author: Katherine Duncan Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folk Lore
Author: Emmet Starr
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cherokee Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Includes treaties, genealogy of the tribe, and brief biographical sketches of individuals.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cherokee Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Includes treaties, genealogy of the tribe, and brief biographical sketches of individuals.
The Stewarts
Author: John Stewart (of Ardvorlich.)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780717945399
Category : Clans
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780717945399
Category : Clans
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher: 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.
Publisher: 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.
Fletcher Family History
Author: Edward Hatch Fletcher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fletcher family (Robert Fletcher, 1592-1677)
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fletcher family (Robert Fletcher, 1592-1677)
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
The Education of Nevada Duncan
Author: Carl Weber
Publisher: Urban Books
ISBN: 1645562174
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Nevada Duncan is the heir to the Duncan and Zuniga crime family fortunes, but before he can take the mantle of power, he has to be educated about the family business. So, after the death of his girlfriend, he enrolls in his father’s alma mater, Chi’s Finishing School. Chi’s is the world’s most elite school for the children of underworld figures. On Nevada’s first day of school, he hooks up with a group of misfits from around the world who quickly become his new best friends. However, Nevada is unaware of the deadly adventure that awaits him with a sinister new enemy who is lurking in the shadows. Accustomed to relying on his family and his own superior intelligence, Nevada will soon learn the importance of friendship when the threats are aimed directly at him and he’s the only Duncan around. Welcome to the world of Chi’s Finishing School. Ride along with Carl Weber and C. N. Phillips for this fresh, enthralling spin-off to the Family Business series.
Publisher: Urban Books
ISBN: 1645562174
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Nevada Duncan is the heir to the Duncan and Zuniga crime family fortunes, but before he can take the mantle of power, he has to be educated about the family business. So, after the death of his girlfriend, he enrolls in his father’s alma mater, Chi’s Finishing School. Chi’s is the world’s most elite school for the children of underworld figures. On Nevada’s first day of school, he hooks up with a group of misfits from around the world who quickly become his new best friends. However, Nevada is unaware of the deadly adventure that awaits him with a sinister new enemy who is lurking in the shadows. Accustomed to relying on his family and his own superior intelligence, Nevada will soon learn the importance of friendship when the threats are aimed directly at him and he’s the only Duncan around. Welcome to the world of Chi’s Finishing School. Ride along with Carl Weber and C. N. Phillips for this fresh, enthralling spin-off to the Family Business series.