Hidden History of Natchez
MSU Affiliation
College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Communication, Media and Theatre
Abstract
Since prehistory, the bluffs of Natchez have called to the bold, the cruel and the quietly determined. The diverse opportunists who heeded that call have left behind more than three hundred years of colorful and tragic stories. The Natchez Indians, who inhabited the bluffs at the time of European contact, made a calculated but ultimately catastrophic decision to massacre the French who had settled nearby. William Johnson, a Black man who occupied a tenuous position between two worlds, found wealth and status in antebellum Natchez. In the wake of Union occupation, thousands of the formerly enslaved became the city’s protective garrison. Join authors Ryan Starrett and Josh Foreman and rediscover the people who toiled and bled to make Natchez one of the most unique and interesting cities in America.
Publication Date
7-19-2021
Publisher
The History Press
City
Charleston, SC
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First Page
1
Last Page
160
ISBN
9781467148207
Recommended Citation
Foreman, Josh, and Ryan Starrett. Hidden History of Natchez. The History Press, 2021.
