The Scots in Early Georgia

[KFCarter]

"Darien: The Scottish Dream of Empire" by John Prebble.

T.

The book is on it's way, as are the Calloway and Parker titles. Thanks again for the recommendations!!

[macwilkin]

The book is on it's way, as are the Calloway and Parker titles. Thanks again for the recommendations!!

You're most welcome; I'll be especially curious to get your take on Calloway's book.

T.

[Colonel MacNeal]

Were the Georgia Scots the ones that coined "Georgia Cracker", based on "Crack" meaning fun or boisterous?

[macwilkin]

Were the Georgia Scots the ones that coined "Georgia Cracker", based on "Crack" meaning fun or boisterous?

David Fischer and Grady McWhiney tend to support this theory of the origin of "Cracker" in their books Albion's Seed and Cracker Culture.

T.

[KFCarter]

David Fischer and Grady McWhiney tend to support this theory of the origin of "Cracker" in their books Albion's Seed and Cracker Culture.

T.

Okay... more books I need.

[Colonel MacNeal]

David Fischer and Grady McWhiney tend to support this theory of the origin of "Cracker" in their books Albion's Seed and Cracker Culture.

T.

That was also my impression, just checking for other opinions.

[KFCarter]

You're most welcome; I'll be especially curious to get your take on Calloway's book.

T.

I'm about halfway through the Parker book and the Calloway and Prebble arrived in good order and are next in line.

It's been a fascinating and enlightening read so far... a far more complex and nuanced view of the conditions in the Highlands that made them a good recruiting ground for prospective colonists and a much more detailed explanation of the development of not only Darien, but other strong points in the area... Oglethorpe's use of them militarily and diplomatically... all of it filling in lots of blanks in my understanding. I'd recommend the read to anyone... thanks for recommending it to me!

[macwilkin]

I'm about halfway through the Parker book and the Calloway and Prebble arrived in good order and are next in line.

It's been a fascinating and enlightening read so far... a far more complex and nuanced view of the conditions in the Highlands that made them a good recruiting ground for prospective colonists and a much more detailed explanation of the development of not only Darien, but other strong points in the area... Oglethorpe's use of them militarily and diplomatically... all of it filling in lots of blanks in my understanding. I'd recommend the read to anyone... thanks for recommending it to me!

Oglethorpe's Georgia really was more important as a military colony, creating a buffer zone between South Carolina and Spanish Florida:

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/n...e.jsp?id=h-807

I'm glad you're enjoying the books!

T.

[KFCarter]

Oglethorpe's Georgia really was more important as a military colony, creating a buffer zone between South Carolina and Spanish Florida:

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/n...e.jsp?id=h-807

I'm glad you're enjoying the books!

T.

Done with Parker and moving on to Calloway.

One of several interesting perspectives from Parker:

I was quite familiar with an article in the Georgia Historical Society's quarterly that discussed the important role played by Scottish merchants, based primarily in Savannah, in the eventual economic success of the colony. Having read Parker, I now realize that these are at least some of the "malcontents" who discouraged the Darien settlement and who lobbied early and often for slavery. Fascinating bit in Parker about the letter written by a number of the Darien Scots in the 1740's against slavery during the debate over that step.
It's not surprising that the history of Darien, and the Savannah area in general, focuses on the success of Bloody Marsh and has very little to say about the disaster at Fort Mose!

[Deil the Yin]

Were the Georgia Scots the ones that coined "Georgia Cracker", based on "Crack" meaning fun or boisterous?

David Fischer and Grady McWhiney tend to support this theory of the origin of "Cracker" in their books Albion's Seed and Cracker Culture.

T.

Okay... more books I need.

You should be able to pick up McWhiney's book at your public library. I will be looking for Fischer's there fo' sho'.