Comments on: The Free State of Jones http://travellinbaen.com/2009/11/04/the-free-state-of-jones/ "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." --Robert Louis Stevenson Mon, 28 May 2012 04:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: coachteajay http://travellinbaen.com/2009/11/04/the-free-state-of-jones/#comment-6350 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:58:47 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=2049#comment-6350 Yes it does, however the elite in the south were smart enough to pit the poor whites and the slaves against one another. The poor whites had more in common with those in bondage than the ones they shared the same color of skin. Look at how things developed in the following decades and you will see that this state and the rest of the south has a long history of the haves controlling everything while the vast majority of the have not’s suffered, black and white alike. On a side note since most of us are football fans and pull for one institution in this broke state or another. One of the worst things the haves ever did was stopping the implementation of the Wisconsin plan in 1927. Governor Bilbo wanted to consolidate the U of Mississippi, Mississippi A&M, and Mississippi Southern in Jackson. Bringing all the states resources together on one large campus and have the brightest minds in the state work with the legislature on fixing many of the states problems. A certain university president was against it and lobbied the legislature to stop this plan from taking place. Now we all love our alma mattes but, set that aside for a second and think of how much better shape this state as a whole would be in (econmically, socially, and more important college athletics) if we had a history of working together rather than having a college board that works against each other just to satisfy its own interest and needs. We would not have this ya’ll v/s us mentality and would have developed an us v/s them attitude. This state is too small and poor to properly manage 3 large universities. The most important thing to me is, think of all the National and SEC championships this “one university” would have generated through the years. All the AHRB would be tailgaiting together at the U Mississippi X on Saturdays telling lies and doing bad things to our bodies. Ahh, what could have been. You can guess which president used his influence to keep this from happening. I’m off my soap box for now. All of ya’ll in TB universe have a great and blessed weekend. Im off to Peter Anderson to eat some good food, drink some some cold beer, and try to figure out whom I hate more LSU or Bama.

]]> By: travellinbaen http://travellinbaen.com/2009/11/04/the-free-state-of-jones/#comment-6348 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:00:17 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=2049#comment-6348 It also shows how godawful stupid so many of our ancestors were to go along with the war. TB’s, not excepted.

BWBuzz, I used to go through a couple of books a week, but nowadays its down to about one chapter per night at bedtime. I got a Kindle for my birthday a couple months ago, so now I’m catching up on some classics I never read since I can get those free. Reading about the Knights of the Round Table right now, some good old fashioned, straightforward adventure tales.

]]> By: ZEEK http://travellinbaen.com/2009/11/04/the-free-state-of-jones/#comment-6346 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:23:15 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=2049#comment-6346 Wow, that certainly sheds a different light on the preconceived notion that most of us in the South were kicked back sittin on our a$$ with a whole bunch of slaves getting rich now doesn’t it???

]]> By: coachteajay http://travellinbaen.com/2009/11/04/the-free-state-of-jones/#comment-6340 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:21:14 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=2049#comment-6340 I saw the the two authors on Cspan talking about the book a few weeks ago, I just bought it along with Dream Room: Tales of the Dixie Mafia. But havent read either yet. ZEEk according to the authors a movie deal is in the works. And to answer your question, the generally accepted number of slave owners is 5 to 10 percent with less than 3 % owning more that 20.

]]> By: ZEEK http://travellinbaen.com/2009/11/04/the-free-state-of-jones/#comment-6278 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:00:15 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=2049#comment-6278 sounds like a good book, TB, sounds like it would make a really good movie, maybe open some eyes up north and out west as to how things really were. I would like to know what percent of the population back then were actually wealthy, high number(over 20), slave owners.

]]> By: bwbuzz http://travellinbaen.com/2009/11/04/the-free-state-of-jones/#comment-6276 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:43:17 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=2049#comment-6276 Hey TB, I just read that book also and u did a very nice job of summing up the book and the issues inside. Just curious but with your family and work, and of course all the traveling, when do you find the time to read.

]]> By: calicobebeop http://travellinbaen.com/2009/11/04/the-free-state-of-jones/#comment-6262 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:21:03 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=2049#comment-6262 Sounds like an interesting read! I had certainly never heard of the Free State of Jones before. Might have to check that out…

]]> By: Workinbaen http://travellinbaen.com/2009/11/04/the-free-state-of-jones/#comment-6261 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:19:24 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=2049#comment-6261 Newton’s oldest son rejected his fathers views on race and refused to acknowledge his other family. Between both wives newton had something like 16 kids and he was one of many himself. Some descendants were like him on race and others completely opposite. I liked that the authors did not neglect family/oral history sources in their research.

]]> By: larry http://travellinbaen.com/2009/11/04/the-free-state-of-jones/#comment-6259 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:17:07 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=2049#comment-6259 No, but it might explain their fighting spirit. FYI – Knight Marine Industries was just served with a lawsuit for importing illegal labor from India. So, I would say that opinions have changed in the Knight family over the years.

]]> By: travellinbaen http://travellinbaen.com/2009/11/04/the-free-state-of-jones/#comment-6254 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:04:55 +0000 http://travellinbaen.com/?p=2049#comment-6254 Thx Harmo, if you dig history, its a really original look at a tired old subject.

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