Hidden History of Natchez
Since prehistory, the bluffs of Natchez have called to the bold, the cruel and the quietly determined. The diverse opportunists who heeded that call have left behind more than three hundred years of colorful and tragic stories. The Natchez Indians, who inhabited the bluffs at the time of European contact, made a calculated but ultimately catastrophic decision to massacre the French who had settled nearby. William Johnson, a Black man who occupied a tenuous position between two worlds, found wealth and status in antebellum Natchez. In the wake of Union occupation, thousands of the formerly enslaved became the city's protective garrison. Join authors Ryan Starrett and Josh Foreman and rediscover the people who toiled and bled to make Natchez one of the most unique and interesting cities in America.
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Hidden History of Natchez
Since prehistory, the bluffs of Natchez have called to the bold, the cruel and the quietly determined. The diverse opportunists who heeded that call have left behind more than three hundred years of colorful and tragic stories. The Natchez Indians, who inhabited the bluffs at the time of European contact, made a calculated but ultimately catastrophic decision to massacre the French who had settled nearby. William Johnson, a Black man who occupied a tenuous position between two worlds, found wealth and status in antebellum Natchez. In the wake of Union occupation, thousands of the formerly enslaved became the city's protective garrison. Join authors Ryan Starrett and Josh Foreman and rediscover the people who toiled and bled to make Natchez one of the most unique and interesting cities in America.
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Hidden History of Natchez

Hidden History of Natchez

Hidden History of Natchez

Hidden History of Natchez

Overview

Since prehistory, the bluffs of Natchez have called to the bold, the cruel and the quietly determined. The diverse opportunists who heeded that call have left behind more than three hundred years of colorful and tragic stories. The Natchez Indians, who inhabited the bluffs at the time of European contact, made a calculated but ultimately catastrophic decision to massacre the French who had settled nearby. William Johnson, a Black man who occupied a tenuous position between two worlds, found wealth and status in antebellum Natchez. In the wake of Union occupation, thousands of the formerly enslaved became the city's protective garrison. Join authors Ryan Starrett and Josh Foreman and rediscover the people who toiled and bled to make Natchez one of the most unique and interesting cities in America.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781540248756
Publisher: History PR
Publication date: 07/19/2021
Series: Hidden History
Pages: 162
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Ryan Starrett was birthed and reared in Jackson, Mississippi. After receiving degrees from the University of Dallas, Adams State University and Spring Hill College, as well as spending a ten-year hiatus in Texas, he returned home to continue his teaching career. He lives in Madison with his wife, Jackie, and two children, Joseph Padraic and Penelope Rose. Josh Foreman was born and raised in the Jackson Metro Area. He is a sixth-generation Mississippian and an eleventh-generation southerner. He lived, taught and wrote in South Korea from 2005 to 2014. He holds degrees from Mississippi State University and the University of New Hampshire. He lives in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, with his wife, Melissa, and his two children, Keeland and Genevieve.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

Acknowledgements 9

Chapter 1 "They Were Disturbed by Their Cries and Tears": The 1729 Massacre at Natchez 11

Chapter 2 The Man Who Loved His King: Natchez Loses a Father 23

Chapter 3 Travel Rabble: Transients in the Frontier Days 36

Chapter 4 From King to Slave: The Tragic, Dignified life of Prince Abdulrahman Ibrahima 47

Chapter 5 The Filibusters: The Adventures of James Willing, Philip Nolan, James Bowie and John A. Quitman 58

Chapter 6 "There's a Better Day a Coming": The Natchez Slave Trade 79

Chapter 7 The Saga of William Johnson, the Barber of Natchez 93

Chapter 8 Black Soldier of the Republic 109

Chapter 9 Faulkner Told the Truth: Dick Dana and Octavia Dockery, Beneficiaries of the "Lost Cause" 119

Chapter 10 The Tragedy: A Fire Wounds Natchez, and the Nation 132

Notes 143

Bibliography 153

About the Authors 159

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