This author has contributed to the following articles in the Encyclopedia.Foote, Henry StuartHenry Stuart Foote was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, on 28 February 1804. He graduated from Washington College (now Washington…Murrell, JohnJohn Andrews Murrell was a small-time thief along the Natchez Trace whose exploits became mythologized during the 1830s and who…Slave RevoltsMississippi experienced only one actual slave revolt, but on several occasions, planters uncovered conspiracies to revolt. The infrequency of slave…Slavery and AgricultureSlavery in Mississippi was inextricably intertwined with agriculture—primarily cotton production. The invention of the cotton gin in the 1790s coincided…Slavery, ColonialColonial slavery in Mississippi can be divided into two distinct phases: the French era (ca. 1720–31) and the British-Spanish era…
Foote, Henry StuartHenry Stuart Foote was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, on 28 February 1804. He graduated from Washington College (now Washington…
Murrell, JohnJohn Andrews Murrell was a small-time thief along the Natchez Trace whose exploits became mythologized during the 1830s and who…
Slave RevoltsMississippi experienced only one actual slave revolt, but on several occasions, planters uncovered conspiracies to revolt. The infrequency of slave…
Slavery and AgricultureSlavery in Mississippi was inextricably intertwined with agriculture—primarily cotton production. The invention of the cotton gin in the 1790s coincided…
Slavery, ColonialColonial slavery in Mississippi can be divided into two distinct phases: the French era (ca. 1720–31) and the British-Spanish era…
