Southern Seed, Northern Soil
Southern Seed, Northern Soil

Author: Stephen A. Vincent

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9780253213310

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He analyzes the founders' backgrounds as a distinctive free people of color in the Old South; the migration that culminated in the communities' successful beginnings; the settlements' transformations through the pioneer and Civil War eras; and the increasing transition to commercial farming in the late nineteenth century." "Southern Seed, Northern Soil is based on source materials, including census manuscripts, land deeds, probate records, family letters, and newspapers."--BOOK JACKET.

From Pioneering to Persevering
From Pioneering to Persevering

Author: Paul Salstrom

Publisher: Purdue University Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9781557534538

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Indiana's pioneers came to southern Indiana to turn the dream of an America based on family farming into a reality. The golden age prior to the Civil War led to a post-War preserving of the independent family farmer. Salstrom examines this "independence" and finds the label to be less than adequate. Hoosier farming was an inter-dependent activity leading to a society of borrowing and loaning. When people talk about supporting family farming, as Salstrom notes, the issue is a societal one with a greater population involved than just the farmers themselves.

Colonial Seeds in African Soil
Colonial Seeds in African Soil

Author: Paul Munro

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2020-02-03

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1789206251

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“Empire forestry”—the broadly shared forest management practice that emerged in the West in the nineteenth century—may have originated in Europe, but it would eventually reshape the landscapes of colonies around the world. Melding the approaches of environmental history and political ecology, Colonial Seeds in African Soil unravels the complex ways this dynamic played out in twentieth-century colonial Sierra Leone. While giving careful attention to topics such as forest reservation and exploitation, the volume moves beyond conservation practices and discourses, attending to the overlapping social, economic, and political contexts that have shaped approaches to forest management over time.

Beyond Forty Acres and a Mule
Beyond Forty Acres and a Mule

Author: Debra A. Reid

Publisher: University Press of Florida

Published: 2012-06-10

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0813043530

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This collection chronicles the tumultuous history of landowning African American farmers from the end of the Civil War to today. Each essay provides a case study of people in one place at a particular time and the factors that affected their ability to acquire, secure, and protect their land. The contributors walk readers through a century and a half of African American agricultural history, from the strivings of black farm owners in the immediate post-emancipation period to the efforts of contemporary black farm owners to receive justice through the courts for decades of discrimination by the U.S Department of Agriculture. They reveal that despite enormous obstacles, by 1920 a quarter of African American farm families owned their land, and demonstrate that farm ownership was not simply a departure point for black migrants seeking a better life but a core component of the African American experience.

The Earth in Her Hands
The Earth in Her Hands

Author: Jennifer Jewell

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2020-03-03

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1604699027

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“An empowering and expertly curated look at the horticultural world.” —Gardens Illustrated In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell introduces 75 inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include botany, floral design, landscape architecture, farming, herbalism, and food justice, these influencers are creating change from the ground up. Profiled women include flower farmer Erin Benzakein; codirector of Soul Fire Farm Leah Penniman; plantswoman Flora Grubb; edible and cultural landscape designer Leslie Bennett; Caribbean-American writer and gardener Jamaica Kincaid; soil scientist Elaine Ingham; landscape designer Ariella Chezar; floral designer Amy Merrick, and many more. Rich with personal stories and insights, Jewell’s portraits reveal a devotion that transcends age, locale, and background, reminding us of the profound role of green growing things in our world—and our lives.

Pembroke
Pembroke

Author: David M. Baron

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0809335026

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Pembroke explores the cultural, economic, legal, political, and environmental history of Pembroke, Illinois--one of the largest rural, black communities north of the Mason-Dixon Line and one of the poorest places in the nation.

The Early Republic and Antebellum America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History
The Early Republic and Antebellum America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History

Author: Christopher G. Bates

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-04-08

Total Pages: 3424

ISBN-13: 1317457390

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First Published in 2015. This text holds four volumes of essays and entries on the early Republic and Antebellum era in America spanning the end of the American Revolution in 1781 to the outbreak of Civil War in 1861. The Americans forged a new government in theory and then in practice, with the beginnings of industrialisation and the effects of urbanisation, widespread poverty, labour strife, debates around slavery and sectional discord. By the end of the nineteenth century American had a powerhouse economy, new technologies and the emergence of major social reform movements, creation of uniquely American art and literature and the conquest of the West. This encyclopaedia offers a historic reference.

A Stronger Kinship
A Stronger Kinship

Author: Anna-Lisa Cox

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2009-05-30

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0316075698

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Starting in the 1860s, the people of Covert, Michigan, broke laws and barriers to attempt what then seemed impossible: to love one's neighbor as oneself. This is the inspiring, true story of an extraordinary town where blacks and whites lived as equals.