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Assurance And Frustration : From Ireland And The Netherlands To Jamestown., Keith A. Donahoe
Assurance And Frustration : From Ireland And The Netherlands To Jamestown., Keith A. Donahoe
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English experience gained from colonization attempts in the New World and in Ireland, as well as military expeditions to the European continent and the New World, helped make Jamestown more successful than any previous English colonial venture in the New World up to that time. Jamestown's early leadership successfully applied the collective English experiences from the Netherlands and Ireland to help the Jamestown colony survive. English experiences in Ireland were instrumental in developing the concepts that led to successful English colonization of North America, but English experiences in the Netherlands also played an important role. In the critical first two-and-a-half …
"Upside Down From The Word Go" : Kentucky's Black Farmers Speak Out On The Issue Of Land Loss., Willie Jamaal Wright
"Upside Down From The Word Go" : Kentucky's Black Farmers Speak Out On The Issue Of Land Loss., Willie Jamaal Wright
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The decline of black farmers and black-owned farmlands is an ever worsening problem. Though their numbers neared one million at the start of the 20th century, the most recent account of black farmers states that there are only 30599 left in America (Census of Agriculture, 2007). The purpose of this study is to understand the experiences and perspectives of black farmers in Kentucky regarding factors that contribute to land loss. Participants in this exploratory study were gathered using convenience and snowball sampling techniques. Each farmer owned land in Central and Eastern Kentucky counties. This study discovered that contrary to popular …