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The free state of Jones : Mississippi's longest civil war, Victoria E. Bynum
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- Summary
- Between late 1863 and mid-1864, an armed band of Confederate deserters battled Confederate cavalry in the Piney Woods region of Jones County, Mississippi. Calling themselves the Knight Company after their captain, Newton Knight, and aided by women, slaves, and children who spied on the Confederacy and provided food and shelter, they set up headquarters in the swamps of the Leaf River. There, legend has it, they declared the Free State of Jones. The story of the Jones County rebellion is well known among Mississippians, and debate over whether the county actually seceded from the state during the war has smoldered for more than a century. Adding further controversy to the legend is the story of Newt Knight's interracial romance with his wartime accomplice, Rachel, a slave. Newt and Rachel's relationship resulted in the growth of a mixed-race community that endured long after the Civil War had ended. The ambiguous racial identity of their descendants confounded the rules of segregated Mississippi, as vividly evidenced by the 1948 miscegenation trial of great-grandson Davis Knight. In this book, Victoria Bynum pierces through the haze of romantic legend, Lost Cause rhetoric, popular memory, and gossip that has long shrouded the story of the Free State of Jones. Relying on exhaustive research in a wide range of sources, she traces the origins and legacy of the Jones County uprising from the American Revolution to the modern civil rights movement. In bridging the gap between the legendary and the real Free State of Jones, Bynum shows how the legend -- what was told, what was embellished, and what was left out -- reveals a great deal about the South's transition from slavery to segregation; the racial, gender, and class politics of the period; and the contingent nature of history and memory
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxiv, 324 pages
- Note
- "With a new afterword by the author."
- Contents
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- The Free State Turned Upside Down: Colonel Lowry's Confederate Raid on Jones County
- Reconstruction and Redemption: The Politics of Race, Class, and Manhood in Jones County
- Defiance and Domination: "White Negroes" in the Piney Woods New South
- Epilogue: The Free State of Jones Revisited: Davis Knight's Miscegenation Trial
- Afterword
- Selected Descendants of the Knight Family
- Selected Descendants of the Coleman Family
- Selected Descendants of the Welborn Family
- Selected Descendants of the Bynum Family
- Selected Descendants of the Collins Family
- Sacred Wars: Race and the Ongoing Battle over the Free State of Jones
- Selected Descendants of the Sumrall Family
- Selected Descendants of the Welch Family
- Selected Descendants of the Valentine Family
- The "White Negro" Community, 1880-1920
- The Origins of Mississippi's Piney Woods People
- Jones County's Carolina Connection: Class and Race in Revolutionary America
- The Quest for Land: Yeoman Republicans on the Southwestern Frontier
- Piney Woods Patriarchs: Class Relations and the Growth of Slavery
- Antebellum Life on the Leaf River: Gender, Violence, and Religious Strife
- Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Struggle for Power
- The Inner Civil War: Birth of the Free State of Jones
- Isbn
- 9781469627052
- Label
- The free state of Jones : Mississippi's longest civil war
- Title
- The free state of Jones
- Title remainder
- Mississippi's longest civil war
- Statement of responsibility
- Victoria E. Bynum
- Title variation
- free state of Jones
- Title variation remainder
- Mississippis longest civil war
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- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Biography
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- trueDeserters
- History
- Jones County (Miss.) -- Biography
- Jones County (Miss.) -- History -- 19th century
- Jones County (Miss.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- trueJones County, Mississippi -- History
- trueJones County, Mississippi -- History -- 19th century
- trueJones County, Mississippi -- Social conditions
- trueJones County, Mississippi -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Knight family
- Knight family
- Military deserters
- Military deserters -- Mississippi | Jones County -- History -- 19th century
- Mississippi
- trueMississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- Mississippi -- Jones County
- trueMultiracial people
- trueMultiracial persons
- Racially mixed people
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- Social aspects
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- Unionists (United States Civil War)
- trueUnionists (United States Civil War)
- 1800-1899
- Unionists (United States Civil War) -- Mississippi | Jones County
- United States
- trueUnited States -- History
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- trueUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Between late 1863 and mid-1864, an armed band of Confederate deserters battled Confederate cavalry in the Piney Woods region of Jones County, Mississippi. Calling themselves the Knight Company after their captain, Newton Knight, and aided by women, slaves, and children who spied on the Confederacy and provided food and shelter, they set up headquarters in the swamps of the Leaf River. There, legend has it, they declared the Free State of Jones. The story of the Jones County rebellion is well known among Mississippians, and debate over whether the county actually seceded from the state during the war has smoldered for more than a century. Adding further controversy to the legend is the story of Newt Knight's interracial romance with his wartime accomplice, Rachel, a slave. Newt and Rachel's relationship resulted in the growth of a mixed-race community that endured long after the Civil War had ended. The ambiguous racial identity of their descendants confounded the rules of segregated Mississippi, as vividly evidenced by the 1948 miscegenation trial of great-grandson Davis Knight. In this book, Victoria Bynum pierces through the haze of romantic legend, Lost Cause rhetoric, popular memory, and gossip that has long shrouded the story of the Free State of Jones. Relying on exhaustive research in a wide range of sources, she traces the origins and legacy of the Jones County uprising from the American Revolution to the modern civil rights movement. In bridging the gap between the legendary and the real Free State of Jones, Bynum shows how the legend -- what was told, what was embellished, and what was left out -- reveals a great deal about the South's transition from slavery to segregation; the racial, gender, and class politics of the period; and the contingent nature of history and memory
- Biography type
- individual biography
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- 10484003
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
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- Bynum, Victoria E
- Dewey number
- 976.2/55
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- charts
- genealogical tables
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- Series statement
- The Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies
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- Knight family
- Knight family
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Military deserters
- Unionists (United States Civil War)
- Racially mixed people
- Military deserters
- Racially mixed people
- Social aspects
- Social conditions
- Unionists (United States Civil War)
- Jones County (Miss.)
- Jones County (Miss.)
- Mississippi
- United States
- Jones County (Miss.)
- Mississippi
- Mississippi
- United States
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- Mississippi's longest civil war
- Label
- The free state of Jones : Mississippi's longest civil war, Victoria E. Bynum
- Note
- "With a new afterword by the author."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-312) and index
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- Contents
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- The Free State Turned Upside Down: Colonel Lowry's Confederate Raid on Jones County
- Reconstruction and Redemption: The Politics of Race, Class, and Manhood in Jones County
- Defiance and Domination: "White Negroes" in the Piney Woods New South
- Epilogue: The Free State of Jones Revisited: Davis Knight's Miscegenation Trial
- Afterword
- Selected Descendants of the Knight Family
- Selected Descendants of the Coleman Family
- Selected Descendants of the Welborn Family
- Selected Descendants of the Bynum Family
- Selected Descendants of the Collins Family
- Sacred Wars: Race and the Ongoing Battle over the Free State of Jones
- Selected Descendants of the Sumrall Family
- Selected Descendants of the Welch Family
- Selected Descendants of the Valentine Family
- The "White Negro" Community, 1880-1920
- The Origins of Mississippi's Piney Woods People
- Jones County's Carolina Connection: Class and Race in Revolutionary America
- The Quest for Land: Yeoman Republicans on the Southwestern Frontier
- Piney Woods Patriarchs: Class Relations and the Growth of Slavery
- Antebellum Life on the Leaf River: Gender, Violence, and Religious Strife
- Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Struggle for Power
- The Inner Civil War: Birth of the Free State of Jones
- Control code
- 1579183
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxiv, 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469627052
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, charts, genealogical tables
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781469627052
- (OCoLC)920742467
- Label
- The free state of Jones : Mississippi's longest civil war, Victoria E. Bynum
- Note
- "With a new afterword by the author."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-312) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The Free State Turned Upside Down: Colonel Lowry's Confederate Raid on Jones County
- Reconstruction and Redemption: The Politics of Race, Class, and Manhood in Jones County
- Defiance and Domination: "White Negroes" in the Piney Woods New South
- Epilogue: The Free State of Jones Revisited: Davis Knight's Miscegenation Trial
- Afterword
- Selected Descendants of the Knight Family
- Selected Descendants of the Coleman Family
- Selected Descendants of the Welborn Family
- Selected Descendants of the Bynum Family
- Selected Descendants of the Collins Family
- Sacred Wars: Race and the Ongoing Battle over the Free State of Jones
- Selected Descendants of the Sumrall Family
- Selected Descendants of the Welch Family
- Selected Descendants of the Valentine Family
- The "White Negro" Community, 1880-1920
- The Origins of Mississippi's Piney Woods People
- Jones County's Carolina Connection: Class and Race in Revolutionary America
- The Quest for Land: Yeoman Republicans on the Southwestern Frontier
- Piney Woods Patriarchs: Class Relations and the Growth of Slavery
- Antebellum Life on the Leaf River: Gender, Violence, and Religious Strife
- Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Struggle for Power
- The Inner Civil War: Birth of the Free State of Jones
- Control code
- 1579183
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxiv, 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469627052
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, charts, genealogical tables
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781469627052
- (OCoLC)920742467
Subject
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Biography
- trueCivil war
- trueDeserters
- History
- Jones County (Miss.) -- Biography
- Jones County (Miss.) -- History -- 19th century
- Jones County (Miss.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- trueJones County, Mississippi -- History
- trueJones County, Mississippi -- History -- 19th century
- trueJones County, Mississippi -- Social conditions
- trueJones County, Mississippi -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Knight family
- Knight family
- Military deserters
- Military deserters -- Mississippi | Jones County -- History -- 19th century
- Mississippi
- trueMississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- Mississippi -- Jones County
- trueMultiracial people
- trueMultiracial persons
- Racially mixed people
- Racially mixed people -- Mississippi | Jones County -- History -- 19th century
- Social aspects
- Social conditions
- Unionists (United States Civil War)
- trueUnionists (United States Civil War)
- 1800-1899
- Unionists (United States Civil War) -- Mississippi | Jones County
- United States
- trueUnited States -- History
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- trueUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
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