#colonial american

[y2kbeautyandother2000sstuff]

The American Girls Collection Welcome to Felicity's World by Catherine Gourley

1999

Found on Ebay, seller mbelge

[portrait-paintings]

George Boone Roupell

Artist: John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815)

Date: 1779-1780

Medium: Oil on cnvas

Collection: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, United States

Description

Full-length portrait of George Boone Roupell (1762-1838) standing in a landscape. He holds a hat under his left arm and holds a walking stick in his left hand. His right arm is extended, his hand resting on a plinth which is barely visible. He wears a red jacket.

[historybizarre]

What Jack Wore: Incorporating the history of enslaved people at a Pennsylvania farmstead | National Council on Public History

As historians, we know that research is never done! Quite often more questions are generated than get answered at the end of a research day.

Here at the historic Peter Wentz Farmstead in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, we have included a lesser-known individual as part of our general interpretation: Jack, an enslaved man.

We recently researched his story to offer a more accurate and inclusive interpretation of how a 300-acre farm in southeastern Pennsylvania might operate during the eighteenth century. This project included ... reproducing the clothing Jack wore when he ran away in December 1769.

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Using a runaway advertisement that described Jack in detail and making some well-informed guesses about the details not included, we reproduced most of Jack’s clothing for use during hands-on lessons with school children and other visitors to the exhibit. We purchased or had made the following items of clothing: a white linsey jacket with sleeves; a white linsey under-jacket without sleeves; buckskin breeches; light blue yarn stockings; shoes with large brass buckles; and a wool hat. Many of the items worn by Jack were commonplace during the eighteenth century

[lowcountrydigitallibrary]

The Boston Massacre

Weekend History!  

Sunday, March 5th marked 247 years since the Boston Massacre. Crispus Attucks, said to be the first to die from the British attack, was later upheld as an early black martyr in Colonial America. This postcard portrays the death of Crispus Attucks in the massacre, an event which galvanized anti-British sentiments in the American colonies. This postcard depicts the event, with Attucks’ death central to the image.

From the Walter Pantovic Slavery and African American History Collection held by the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.

[theamericanparlor]

Sir Banastre Tarleton aka “Bloody Ban, Butcher, and “The Green Dragon” by Joshua Reynolds

This portrait shows the flamboyant and controversial figure Sir Banestre Tarleton, a cavalry officer best known as commander of the ‘Tarleton Raiders’ during the American War For Independence. It was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, the leading British portrait painter of the 18th century.

Banestre Tarleton (1754 – 1833) was born to a wealthy family in Liverpool. Aged nineteen, he inherited £5,000 pounds from his father and gambled it away in a year. His mother then bought him an officer’s position in the army. In 1778, now a lieutenant colonel, he took command of the newly established British Legion that was comprised of American cavalry and light infantry who were loyal to the King. They soon became known as Tarleton’s Legion, or Tarleton’s Raiders.The most controversial of their activities was the Battle of Waxhaws Creek in 1780, when Tarleton’s troops forced Colonel Buford’s Continentals (rebel Americans) to surrender. The ferocious nature of attack earned him a series of unflattering nicknames: Bloody Ban, Butcher and The Green Dragon. The term, ‘Tarleton’s quarter’ was also used to indicate excessively heavy casualties. The battle became known as the Waxhaws massacre or Buford’s massacre. It pointed to the difficulty for the British Army of trying to win hearts and minds while making progress on the battlefield in what was often a civil war.

After the war Tarleton returned to England and served in Parliament. He died on January 16, 1833, and was buried in the churchyard at Leintwardine, England. While portrayed by many historians as cruel and inhumane, one cannot deny Tarleton his success. He excelled at quick-strike, surprise attacks that overwhelmed his enemy. Until Blackstock’s and Cowpens, his methods were brutally effective against South Carolina patriots.

https://ageofrevolution.org/200-object/joshua-reynolds-portrait-sir-banestre-tarleton/

http://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/tarleton-banastre/

[theamericanparlor]

"Listen my children and you shall hear..."On the evening of April 18, 1775 Boston artisan and Patriot Paul Revere set out from his home in North Square to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock of their potential arrest by a detachment of British Soldiers.

There were dozens of riders that night spreading the general alarm, but following the publication of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride" in 1860 Paul Revere became an American legend. Because this was the home of the famous "Midnight Rider" and silversmith, early preservationists raised money to purchase and preserve the home as a historic site. Though the Revere family only lived in the house for about twenty years, they lived there during the Revolution - the most transformative and uncertain era of their generation.

In April 1908, the house was opened to the public, and the association continues to oversee its upkeep and day-to-day operations. The restored dwelling resembles the late 17th-century original—nearly 90 percent of the structure, including two doors, three window frames, and portions of the flooring, foundation, inner wall material, and rafters, are original. The period furnishings in the upstairs chambers belonged to the Revere family. In the courtyard is a 900-pound bell crafted by Paul Revere & Sons. Missing from the display is a small mortar, which is currently on loan through 2020 as part of an exhibition, Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere, traveling to the New York Historical Society, the Worcester Art Museum, and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas.

[theamericanparlor]

British Loyalist Recruiting Broadside 1777

The Loyalists opposed the Revolution for a number of reasons. Some believed that the British government had the right to ask the colonies to pay half the cost of their own defense. ... Other Loyalists opposed parliamentary taxation, but did not consider violent opposition justified.

What Happened to the Loyalists? In the end, many Loyalists simply left America. About 80,000 of them fled to Canada or Britain during or just after the war. Because Loyalists were often wealthy, educated, older, and Anglican, the American social fabric was altered by their departure.

[weynonanddeynon]

The Colonies of North America