----- Original Message -----From: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Denise LajettaTo: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 12:28 PMSubject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Peculiar InstitutionI don't know where the term "peculiar institution" originated. Perhaps that can be ascertained by reading the following book, available through Amazon:
Peculiar Institution : Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South (Vintage)
by Kenneth M. Stampp
ISBN: 0-679-72307-2
At 12:11 PM 11/17/2005, you wrote:
I've got a couple of questions on related notes:
First, can anybody point me towards scholarship around the issue of coded slave songs? All of my knowledge is based on the popular understanding of such songs and I am interested in learning a little more about the formal studies thereof.
And secondly, does anyone know off-hand the origin of the well-used term "peculiar institution" to refer to American slavery? I've seen one source that credited that to Thomas Jefferson, but a quick search didn't turn up anything concrete. It may be that it didn't originate from any one person or writing, but it strikes me as something that certainly could have.
Thank you so much,
--Eric
Eric D. M. Johnson
Proprietor
The Village Factsmith Historical Research & Consulting
http://www.factsmith.com/
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Ely" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Codes in slave quilts
The problem is, now it's something every school child knows. It's in the
curriculum. It's warm, friendly, and hands-on. It would be nice if it
were true. We like stories of people actively subverting oppression. We
want the slaves to have escaped. But the quilt/underground railroad
story is no more true than Washington and the cherry tree.
Carol Ely
Locust Grove
Louisville, KY
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