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- 1663, First serious recorded slave revolt in colonial America in Gloucester County, Virginia.
- 1671, Charleston, S.C. in 1671
- 1739, Stono Slave Rebellion, September 9, 1739
- 1739, Book Review of Mark M. Smith, ed. “Stono: Documenting and Interpreting a Southern Slave Revolt” By Diane Mutti Burke.
- 1745, John Sevier was born.
- 1762, Some advertisements from the South Carolina Gazette, September 18, 1762
- 1768, Edmund Fanning (1737-1808) and the Regulators. By Arthur Steinberg,
- 1777, Grundy born
- 1780, Overmountain men move over the mountain to see the other side of the mountain
- 1789, Thomas Jefferson and historical self-construction: the earth belongs to the living? By Robert M.S. McDonald
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 Topic: DECEMBER 1861 CWTNThe new items published under this topic are as follows.
Posted by: James on Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 08:01 PM
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Note: Gov. Harris was compelled to keep his room at the St. Cloud up to the time my informant left, under strong guard, for fear of assassination by the incensed people. He had received many anonymous letters threatening his life. Col. Henry Calibourne, of the militia, was also afraid to show his head on the streets.
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Read full article: 'Documents demonstrating resistance to the Tennessee Draft in December 1861.' (24453 bytes more) 
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Posted by: James on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 02:15 AM
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Note: "Where is the State that can present such an array of talent, statesmanship and patriotism in her congressional delegation? Well may Tennessee be proud of so able, gallant and noble a representation." - Gallant and noble?
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Read full article: '“Our New Congressional Delegation.”' (8556 bytes more)
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Posted by: James on Sunday, April 04, 2004 - 03:18 AM
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Note: "The numbers engaged in these outrages have, I know, been greatly overestimated, as facts have been developed in the investigations that have been made by the court-martial now in session at this place, which satisfy me beyond doubt that there were not, at the time the bridges were burned, 500 men in all East Tennessee who knew anything of it, or who contemplated any organized opposition to the Government."
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Read full article: '“Old political animosities and private grudges have been revived, and bad men among our friends are availing themselves of the opportunity afforded them by bringing Southern men to hunt down with the ferocity of bloodhounds...."' (8406 bytes more)
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Stono Slave Rebellion, September 9, 1739
THE STONO SLAVE REBELLION.
South Carolina, September 9, 1739: A band of slaves march down the road, carrying banners that proclaim "Liberty!". They shout out the same word. Led by an Ang ...
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