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Julius S. Scott
Julius Sherrod Scott III (July 31, 1955 – December 6, 2021) was an American scholar of History of slavery, slavery and History of the Caribbean, Caribbean and Atlantic history. He was best known for his influential Thesis, doctoral thesis and later book ''The Common Wind, The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution.'' Scott's original thesis has been regarded as "arguably the most read, sought after and discussed English-language dissertation in the humanities and social sciences during the 20th century", elevating the historian to the position of an intellectual "cult figure among scholars" in the field. Early life Julius Sherrod Scott III was born on July 31, 1955, in Marshall, Texas, to Julius Samuel Scott, Jr. and Ianthia "Ann" Scott née Harrell. Julius Jr. was a Methodism, Methodist minister who later served as president of Paine College (1975–1982) and Wiley College (1996–2001); Ann was a librarian. According to his mother, young "S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall, Texas
Marshall is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Harrison County, Texas, Harrison County and a cultural and educational center of the Ark-La-Tex region. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the population of Marshall was 23,392; The population of the Greater Marshall area, comprising all of Harrison County, was 65,631 in 2010, and 66,726 in 2018. Marshall and Harrison County were important political and production areas of the Confederate States of America during the U.S. Civil War, American Civil War. This area of Texas was developed for Plantation, cotton plantations. Planters brought slavery in the United States, slaves with them from other regions or bought them in the domestic slave trade. The county had the highest number of slaves in the state, and East Texas had a higher proportion of slaves than other regions of the state. The wealth of the county and city depended on slave labor and the cotton market. Fhe late 19th century until the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
