Stormy Weather at Andrew Jackson's Halcyon Plantation
Andrew Jackson’s son bought a plantation along the Mississippi River in 1838. But bad weather starting the following winter crippled the potential profitability of the farm as the correspondence of Andrew Jackon, Sr., testifies. Overseers could be blamed, but they did not cause the constant flooding...
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cairn-RFEA_098_0032RFEARevue française d’études américaines https://shs.cairn.info/revue-francaise-d-etudes-americaines-2003-4-page-32?lang=en https://doi.org/10.3917/rfea.098.0032 Stormy Weather at Andrew Jackson's Halcyon Plantation Serme, Jean-Marc2003 AndrewClimatécessionJacksonMississippiPlantationAndrewAntebellum SouthJacksonMississippi riverPlantationWeatherfre Revue française d’études américaines | 98 | 4 | 2003-12-01 | p. 32-47 | 0397-7870 RFEA_09815 Andrew Jackson’s son bought a plantation along the Mississippi River in 1838. But bad weather starting the following winter crippled the potential profitability of the farm as the correspondence of Andrew Jackon, Sr., testifies. Overseers could be blamed, but they did not cause the constant floodings which washed away valuable cut wood and animals, damaged or ruined crops. Andrew Jackson, Sr., saw his hopes of prosperity crushed by mounting debts and the property was sold by his son after his death, in 1849. The sense of hopelessness and despair caused by the Mississippi floodings in those years anticipated later scenes of rural life along the River, as in 1927 for example.Cairn free access |
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Andrew Jackson’s son bought a plantation along the Mississippi River in 1838. But bad weather starting the following winter crippled the potential profitability of the farm as the correspondence of Andrew Jackon, Sr., testifies. Overseers could be blamed, but they did not cause the constant floodings which washed away valuable cut wood and animals, damaged or ruined crops. Andrew Jackson, Sr., saw his hopes of prosperity crushed by mounting debts and the property was sold by his son after his death, in 1849. The sense of hopelessness and despair caused by the Mississippi floodings in those years anticipated later scenes of rural life along the River, as in 1927 for example. |
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Stormy Weather at Andrew Jackson's Halcyon Plantation |
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