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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05959.11.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Editions of the Southern Cultivator |
| Title | Southern cultivator. [Vol. 19, no. 7 (July, 1861)] |
| Date | July 1861 |
| Author | Redmond, Dennis (fl. 1856-1865) |
| Additional authors | Howard, C.W. |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Negro Mechanics, Reform Under Our New Government, Supplies Stopped - Let Us Make Our Own, The Richmond Factory. An editorial criticizes the Yankees for not seeing the value of Southern agriculture, particularly the supply and demand of food in terms of the Southern cotton market. Another editorial examines reform under the new government, and a letter to the editor discusses "Negro mechanics." A reprinted article from the Columbia Guardian examines potential benefits of the war for Southern agriculture and economy. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Industry Government and Civics Artisans African American History Slavery Economics Diet and Nutrition Cotton Agriculture and Animal Husbandry |
| People | Redmond, Dennis (fl. 1856-1865) |
| Place written | Augusta, Georgia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; Agriculture; African Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines |
| Additional Information | 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. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |