The Texas Republic: A Social and Economic History (A Texas History Paperback)

The Texas Republic: A Social and Economic History (A Texas History Paperback)

Business & Money

Hogan, William Ransom

Economics

Univ of Texas Pr

In The Barber of Natchez, Edwin Adams Davis and William Ransom Hogan tell the remarkable story of William Johnson, a slave who rose to freedom, business success, and high community standing in the heart of the South―all before 1850. Emancipated as a young boy in 1820, Johnson became a barber’s apprentice and later opened several profitable barber shops of his own. As his wealth grew, he expanded into real estate and acquired large tracts of nearby farm and timber land. The authors explore in detail Johnson’s family, work, and social life, including his friendships with people of both races. They also examine his wanton murder and the resulting trial of the man accused of shooting him. More than the story of one individual, the narrative also offers compelling insight into the southern code of honor, the apprentice system, and the ownership of slaves by free blacks. Based on Johnson’s two-thousand-page diary, letters, and business records, this extraordinary biography reveals the complicated life of a freedman in Mississippi and a new perspective on antebellum Natchez.

Barber of Natchez (Wherein a Slave Is Freed and Rises to a Very High Standing;)

Biographies & Memoirs

Davis, Edwin Adams

Community & Culture

LSU Press

The Barber of Natchez tells the remarkable story of William Johnson, a slave who rose to freedom, business success, and high community standing in the heart of the South-all before 1850. Emancipated as a young boy in 1820, Johnson became a barber's apprentice and later opened several profitable barber shops of his own. The authors explore in detail Johnson's family, work, and social life, including his friendships with people of both races. The authors also examine his wanton murder and the resulting trial of the man accused of shooting him. More than the story of one individual, the narrative offers compelling insight into the southern code of honor, the apprentice system, and the ownership of slaves by free blacks. A new introduction by Ira Berlin explores the historical impact of The Barber of Natchez since its original publication in 1954, and analyzes its relevance today

The Barber of Natchez

History

Americas

Louisiana State Univ Pr

In 1946 historian William Ransom Hogan, then a professor at the University of Oklahoma, published The Texas Republic: A Social and Economic History. The book became an instant classic of Texas historical literature. In an era when scholarly writing on Texas history still gave disproportionate emphasis to military and political history and "great men," this book emphasized the lives of ordinary people as well as of the legendary figures of the Republic period. Hogan knew how to be a "revisionist" in the best sense of the term, offering up fresh interpretations that, as he put it, challenged the "pleasant myth" of "heroic" Texas history. Yet he also managed to balance his revisionism with an acknowledgment that the Republic era did indeed embody much that was heroic, even legendary. Naturally The Texas Republic is a product of its time. If written today, it would undoubtedly pay more attention to African Americans and Tejanos, for example. But whatever shortcomings the book may have in the eyes of modern readers, even those shortcomings make the book valuable in the college classroom, because they serve as important points of discussion for students and professors.

The Texas Republic: A Social and Economic History (Volume 22) (Fred H. and Ella Mae Moore Texas History Reprint Series)

Texas State Historical Assn

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