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Comment on A Review of Powell’s “The Accidental City” by Madelein Pierron Patrick by southernroundtable

southernroundtable — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:58:32 +0000

Dr. Powell- Thank you for your vigilance. Apologies for the mistake; I believe we have made the necessary changes.

Comment on A Review of Powell’s “The Accidental City” by Madelein Pierron Patrick by Larry Powell

Larry Powell — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:03:10 +0000

You need to fact check your reviews before you go public. New Orleans’ founder was Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Sieur de Bienville, not Iberville, his older brother.

Comment on A Review of McCandless’ “Slavery, Disease, and Suffering in the Southern Lowcountry” by Benjamin Smith by JHW

JHW — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:15:31 +0000

Ben–This is an excellent review. Very well written and cogently organized to convey the main thesis of the work, its strengths, weaknesses, and its historiographical foundations, contributions, and oversights. Many thanks.

Comment on A Review of Flippen’s “Jimmy Carter, the Politics of Family, and the Rise of the Religious Right” by Ashton Ellett by JHW

JHW — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:57:24 +0000

I for one am glad to see Ashton Gene Ellett donning the bowtie, even if only in a digital sense and a cyber setting. And this review is a classic case of the right scholar meeting the right subject. Well done, sir, well done indeed.

Comment on A review of John Inscoe’s “Writing the South Through the Self: Explorations in Southern Autobiography” by Dr. Jay Langdale by Matthew Lawrence

Matthew Lawrence — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:12:46 +0000

Best history class I took at the University of Georgia was Dr. Inscoe’s class on Southern Autobiography. Although, not necessarily entirely objective studying a wide range of autobiographies has a way of taking one out of the self better than “pure” history. I still have all the texts and have extensively added to them over the years. And thanks to Jay Langdale for bringing this book to my attention.

Comment on Reinhold Niebuhr and the American South by Blake Barton Renfro by JHW

JHW — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:49:30 +0000

As befitting the Hon. Mr. Renfro, this piece deftly examines Niebuhr the man and the image; his ideas as well as what others have made of them. Having myself encountered Niebuhr in countless historical works, this article seems especially pertinent now, as historians are earnestly concerning themselves again with the importance of religion and morality in shaping people’s worldviews, past and present. Myself a part of this broader historical trend, I salute Mr. Renfro for his insights and very much look forward to future discussions of the like, with a suitable bourbon and stogy in accompaniment.

Comment on Bertram Wyatt-Brown, 1932-2012 by James Wyatt-Brown

James Wyatt-Brown — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:11:17 +0000

In my 20′s I was visiting a friend at her parents house in Northern Virginia. It was her birthday and we had a wonderful time celebrating. The next morning I was on the porch reading the NY Times when my friend’s mother started the conversation saying, ” You know, lovie, Warren and I were talking last night before bed and found it curious that your name is Wyatt Brown because Warren had a classmate at Oxford who’s last name was Wyatt-Brown.” “Well,” I said,”actually my real name is James Wyatt-Brown and that would have been my Uncle Bert!”
Well she got very excited and ran off to tell her husband that the young man visiting their daughter was Bertram’s nephew! From then on they viewed me, not as a young ruffian fresh out of college, wasting his time as an artist and working mans hero but as a relative of a good friend and respected classmate. I instantly became acceptable despite all!
Warren Zimmerman passed away years ago. He was an accomplished diplomat and was the last US ambassador to what was then Yugoslavia. His whit and intelligence was exceeded only by his generosity and good character. They were so much alike!
It is not chance that through their inspiration I became an architect , now practicing as a Vice-President of a firm in Miami.
Thanks Uncle Bert!

Comment on Second Thoughts on Race, Sex, and Thomas Jefferson by Dr. Woody Holton by herbar1Barger

herbar1Barger — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:32:39 +0000

I assisted Dr Foster with the DNA and it was he who misled the public initially and finally as he worked with Dan Jordan, Monticello President, his remarks about “simplest conclusion” were used word for word. Yet, he told me he would leave history to others including Jordan………..WHY didn’t he??

Foster tested a known carrier of both Jefferson-Hemings DNA, as told by the Eston Hemings family. They claimed descent from “a Jefferson uncle or nephew”, meaning Randolph and sons. Sure there wouyld be a match….and there was…….the Eston family were accurate. Now Foster REFUSED my suggestion to notify Nature and worked in close unison with them to perfect a false headline, which the media and Monticello welcomed. Monticello had dropped Memorial from their title, appointed an African-American ORAL slavery specialist to conduct their DNA Study, Jordan had “hidden under the rug” the Minority Report of Dr Ken Wallenborn, Monticello employee and one of three guides who resigned rather thjan present FALSE information to the guests.

All this slavery talk and non essentional talk by Dr Holton is traditional slavery courses that he and others present as TRUTH to their students. Dr Holton knows NOTHING factual about the DNA Study and is just repeating what the media and Monticello want you to believe.

I have seen some references here to the great study by the National Association of Genealogists that sickens me because I invited them to sit on the Scholars Commission Board and offer their input. They REFUSED (too busy) they said, but they were not too busy to make unfounded comments about the study and deny acceptance of a 13 person Blue Ribbon panel of noted scholars. Their bias is very obvious but the public not knowing the background would be inclined to accept their distorted writings. They knew NOTHING first hand as I did……..their agenda, in cooperation with Monticello was showing. Please read “Jefferson Legacies”, (pg 280) to gert the full reason for such deception: “setting aside questions of historical accuracy and philosophical justification in order to sustain the present-day cause of international human rights.” Now who are the manipulators of history? This book was edited by Monticello’s sponsored UVA History professor, Peter Onuf. The public is being conned by so called authorities on history.

Herb Barger
Founder, Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society
http://www.tjheritage.org
http://www.jeffersondnastudy.com

Comment on Bertram Wyatt-Brown, 1932-2012 by MCH

MCH — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:57:12 +0000

Flags are definitely flying low for Bert this week. I was lucky enough to attend that lunch in Baltimore — at Bert’s last Southern — and I’m glad to hear he was writing until the very end.

Comment on The Edgefield Tradition: Manly Honor and Masked Murder in the Old South by John. Tillmann

John. Tillmann — Sun, 27 May 2012 18:49:10 +0000

From a fellow by the name of Tillmann,here in Canada, I somewhat enjoyed the article. I’d just like to indicate that I believe that a man should still have recourse to carry a weapon, and settle any personal issue with it. Thinking this way, is not popular today, in our castrated and feminine society, so maybe I’m descended from the Tillman family of Edgefield South Carolina. Nonetheless I would not hesitate to strike anyone down, with whatever is at hand, if I felt justified in doing so. Thus, after the passage of a century and a half, the honor system is still alive and well, quite far from the old south, up here in “cooler” latitudes.