RACHEL KNIGHT BY SONDRA YVONNE BIVINS Rachel Knight was about sixteen years old when John “Jackie” Knight of Covington County, MS, came into possession of her in the spring of 1856. Rachel […]
Part 2: Yvonne Bivins on the History of Rachel Knight
Hot off the Press: Ed Payne’s Article on Sarah Collins
I’m pleased to announce that Ed Payne’s long-awaited article on Sarah Collins (aka Sarah Collins Walters Parker) is now in print! Look for “Kinship, Gender, and Slavery in the Free State of Jones: […]
Ingrid Leverett responds to Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer’s book, State of Jones.
I received the following email message on Sunday from Ingrid Leverett, the daughter of historian Rudy Leverett, author of The Legend of the Free State of Jones (University of Mississippi Press, 1984). […]
Jonathan Odell on Rachel Knight and Mixed-Race relationships in the Post-Civil War South
Jonathan Odell has written extensively about his native state of Mississippi and is the author of the novel, The View From Delphi. The following post was adapted from comments Jon made on Kevin […]
“Southern Communities at War” has a new title
I’m pleased to announce that my current book-in-progress has a new title. Southern Communities at War: Essays in Civil War Dissent and Its Legacies, is now The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and […]
Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer respond to my reviews of their book
The State of Jones: The Small Southern County that Seceded from the Confederacy (Doubleday, 2009) Those of you who have read my three-part review of State of Jones, by Sally Jenkins and […]
Col. Robert Lowry’s Raid on the Knight Company
Fresh from giving a presentation on the Free State of Jones at the Mississippi State Archives in Jackson, Ed Payne offered the following documents for publication on Renegade South. Together, they provide the most detailed descriptions–written […]
Hiram Hulin seeks Justice for his Murdered Sons
The following post appeared a few months ago on Southern Unionist Chronicles . I’ve decided to post it here as well because it relates so closely to my posts on Civil War Unionists from the North […]
James Morgan Valentine, Newt Knight’s 1st. Lt. in the Free State of Jones
In 1864, with the nation at war, soldiers and civilians alike must daily have asked themselves, would life ever return to normal? At the same time, daily routines had to be continued if folks […]
“Southern Communities at War” is officially in press
Note, Oct. 18, 2009: The title of this book has officially been changed to The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies. I’m pleased to announce that my forthcoming book, […]
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