Joe Regan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5166770 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joe Regan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joe |
| FAMILY NAME | Regan |
| SIGNATURE | REGAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | independent scholar |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Irish Canallers and the Second Slavery in the Lower Mississippi Valley
This article explores the lower Mississippi valley's antebellum history to uncover the role of Irish immigrant laborers in the riverine economy of the Cotton Kingdom. In particular, this article examines the experience of Irish laborers as canallers and ditchers on plantations and internal improvement projects, which drew thousands of Irish immigrants into the interior of the Mississippi valley in the decades before the American Civil War. Schola…
Irish overseers in the antebellum U.S. South
This article aims to further understand the Irish immigrant experience with U.S. slavery by studying Irish overseers on southern plantations. The Irish relationship with U.S. slavery varied according to circumstances. However, as foreign-born outsiders, Irish immigrants in the South had to accommodate the region's slaveholding culture. This article takes the story of the Irish as urban pioneers of the antebellum South out into the southern countr…
The large Irish enslavers of antebellum Louisiana
This article aims to further understand the Irish immigrant experience with U.S. slavery by studying Irish enslavers in Louisiana. The profits extracted from slavery in New Orleans created the possibility for some Irish immigrants to accumulate immense wealth. Irish enslavers were immigrants who took advantage of enslaved people. Indeed, the Irish families examined in this article took to owning enslaved people quite easily, regardless of their r…
Children and the Great Hunger in Ireland
Based on a conference held by Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinniac University, Connecticut, in 2017, this important collection examines how children suffered, perished, and survived during
Patrick Henry Jones
Mark H. Dunkelman provides the first full-length biography of County Westmeath native Patrick Henry Jones. During the Civil War, Jones was one of twelve Irishmen who served as a general in the Unio
Religion and greater Ireland
The large Irish enslavers of antebellum Louisiana
This article aims to further understand the Irish immigrant experience with U.S. slavery by studying Irish enslavers in Louisiana. The profits extracted from slavery in New Orleans created the possibility for some Irish immigrants to accumulate immense wealth. Irish enslavers were immigrants who took advantage of enslaved people. Indeed, the Irish families examined in this article took to owning enslaved people quite easily, regardless of their r…
Patrick Henry Jones
Mark H. Dunkelman provides the first full-length biography of County Westmeath native Patrick Henry Jones. During the Civil War, Jones was one of twelve Irishmen who served as a general in the Unio
Religion and greater Ireland
Children and the Great Hunger in Ireland
Based on a conference held by Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinniac University, Connecticut, in 2017, this important collection examines how children suffered, perished, and survived during
The large Irish enslavers of antebellum Louisiana
This article aims to further understand the Irish immigrant experience with U.S. slavery by studying Irish enslavers in Louisiana. The profits extracted from slavery in New Orleans created the possibility for some Irish immigrants to accumulate immense wealth. Irish enslavers were immigrants who took advantage of enslaved people. Indeed, the Irish families examined in this article took to owning enslaved people quite easily, regardless of their r…
Irish overseers in the antebellum U.S. South
This article aims to further understand the Irish immigrant experience with U.S. slavery by studying Irish overseers on southern plantations. The Irish relationship with U.S. slavery varied according to circumstances. However, as foreign-born outsiders, Irish immigrants in the South had to accommodate the region's slaveholding culture. This article takes the story of the Irish as urban pioneers of the antebellum South out into the southern countr…
Irish Canallers and the Second Slavery in the Lower Mississippi Valley
This article explores the lower Mississippi valley's antebellum history to uncover the role of Irish immigrant laborers in the riverine economy of the Cotton Kingdom. In particular, this article examines the experience of Irish laborers as canallers and ditchers on plantations and internal improvement projects, which drew thousands of Irish immigrants into the interior of the Mississippi valley in the decades before the American Civil War. Schola…
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