Richard (Dick) Poynor (1802–1882), an enslaved man who purchased his freedom with his earnings, became the most prolific nineteenth century chairmaker in Williamson County. [...]
Dr. Carole Bucy is professor of history at Volunteer State Community College and holds degrees in history from Baylor University, George Peabody College, and [...]
The coming of the steamboat contributed to Nashville’s development as a regional trading center. The invention of the cotton gin and removal of the [...]
This class will explore the steps to statehood beginning with two pockets of settlements divided by “the Great Wall of Tennessee,” the Cumberland Plateau. [...]
Due to the rapid population growth of the English colonies along the Atlantic seaboard, surveyors in search of land for settlement will see the [...]
We will discuss the political skills they used to adapt to colonialism. We will conclude with the diplomatic initiative of the Cherokee people that [...]
It will feature an examination of the state’s extensive river systems as well as the diversity of Tennessee’s physiographic regions. Dr. Carole Bucy is [...]
