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Violence in the Black Patch of Kentucky and Tennessee (Volume 1)
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From its settlement in the late 1700s, the Black Patchan agricultural region of western Kentucky and Middle Tennesseehas been known for its darkfired, heavyleafed tobacco, so green that it is called black. But as the settlers of this region sowed the seeds of tobacco, they also sowed the seeds of violence. In Violence in the Black Patch of Kentucky and Tennessee, Suzanne Marshall provides a thorough, engrossing depiction of the role played by violence in the development of the Black Patch culture.Violence was a key element in the white settlement of this frontier wilderness. After forcibly removing Native Americans from the region, white settlers established a tradition of violence that maintained order and morality. White male dominance over family members and black slaves was also sustained by violence. A mans mean reputation defined his identity and place within the community, instilling respect and fear among outsiders.The Civil War and the industrial revolution also helped perpetuate violence in the Black Patch. With markedly divided sympathies during the Civil War, the Black Patch inspired guerrilla warfare against citizens and slaves by renegade bands of former soldiers from both sides. Marshalls study culminates with a discussion of the Night Riders vigilante activity during Black Patch wars that originated with this countrys shift from an agricultural society to an industrial one.By focusing on the violence in this culture, Marshall provides a key to understanding both the cultural components that were unique to the area and those that were shared with other isolated rural communities. She draws extensively from oral history and ethnographic methodology as well as court records, church records, diaries, and newspapers. Anecdotes depicting folk beliefs and heroes, oldtime religion, the economics of farm life, race relations, and gender roles, serve to enliven this study and enrich our understanding of a fascinating and distinctive region.
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