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Redmond, Dennis (fl. 1856-1865) Southern cultivator. [Vol. 20, no. 7 & 8 (September & October, 1862)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.11.06 Author/Creator: Redmond, Dennis (fl. 1856-1865) Place Written: Augusta, Georgia Type: Newspaper Date: September & October 1862 Pagination: 32 p. ; 26.5 x 17 cm. Order a Copy

Negro Phobia at the North, Enemies Buying Our Cotton, Letter by J.P. Benjamin, What a Northern Woman Thinks, Syrup in Place of Bacon for Negroes. Articles on cotton discuss its influence in America and its "want" in Europe and the dangers of Northern "enemies" buying Southern cotton, as well as a letter from the Confederate Secretary of State about how cotton is "still king." A few brief articles refer to the status of blacks, while others refer to women and their place.

During the Civil War the railroad through Augusta connected the eastern and western Confederates. In spite of a 50% literacy rate in the South, Georgia's agricultural press was renowned and quite progressive. By 1860 there were five agricultural journals published in Georgia; the Southern Cultivator, a monthly journal established in 1843 in Augusta, was one of the most respected in the nation. The Cultivator promoted the formation of active agricultural societies and urged mixed husbandry. The journal also printed examples of the growth of many bureaucratic ideas.

James Camak developed the Southern Cultivator. Dennis Redmond, an indigo farmer, and Rev. C.W. Howard, edited the Cultivator during 1861. By 1862, Redmond was the editor and publisher, with an editorial department consisting of Howard, Dr. M.W. Philips, William N. White, and Robert Nelson. In 1864, the editors are listed as Redmond and White. Later William Louis Jones (1827-1914) purchased the paper with his father in 1866 and acted as editor. A professor of science and agriculture at the University of Georgia, he also edited Henry W. Grady's Southern Farm and was the first director of the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station. He sold the paper in 1881, although he continued to write a monthly column until 1884.

Redmond, Dennis, fl. 1861-1864

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