https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w Made By Haydan Crowder September 26, 2017 en-us 2017-09-26 03:01:45 UTC 2017-09-28 16:25:57 UTC hello@padlet.com haydan_crowder https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191365689 Newton Knight, a white Mississippi farmer, led armed opposition to the Confederacy during the US Civil War, creating “The Free State of Jones,” a county which supported the Union in the war.]]> 2017-09-26 17:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191365689 haydan_crowder https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191371018 Knight married Serena Turner in 1858. The couple would go on to have nine children together. Shortly after the Civil War began, Knight enlisted in the Confederate Army. His reason for doing so, however, is unclear. Some accounts say that he was coerced by the pro-war passions of the times; others that he wanted to avoid conscription; still others that he liked being a soldier. In late 1862, however, Knight deserted and returned to his Jones County home.]]> 2017-09-26 17:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191371018 haydan_crowder https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191371996 Newton Knight rallied about 125 others some deserters, some enslaved people and formed the Knight Company. They saw themselves as defending the residents of Jones County from the Confederacy. Their insurgent actions included impeding tax collectors, taking Confederate army supplies to redistribute to Jones County’s residents, and even killing supporters of the Confederacy.]]> 2017-09-26 17:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191371996 haydan_crowder https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191373501 After the war, during Radical Reconstruction the period from 1867-1876 Knight worked for the government, helping liberate enslaved children who had not been freed. In 1875, Knight led a regiment that tried to aid in the protection of African-American citizens so that they could vote. But the attempt was unsuccessful, with decades of black disenfranchisement to follow.]]> 2017-09-26 17:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191373501 haydan_crowder https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191375253

]]> 2017-09-26 17:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191375253 haydan_crowder https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191389449 November 10, 1829 - February 16, 1922

]]> 2017-09-26 17:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191389449 haydan_crowder https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191907878

]]> 2017-09-28 01:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191907878 haydan_crowder https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191909123 "No, you cannot, can you? You can own a horse, you can own a mule or cow or an ox, but you... You cannot own a child of God."
Newton Knight: What are you?
Moses: A free man, captain.
Newton Knight: Well, why's that?
Moses: 'Cause you cannot own a child of God.]]> 2017-09-28 01:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191909123 haydan_crowder https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191909871 “Newton Knight.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 15 June 2016, www.biography.com/people/newton-knight-050916.

Widmer, Richard GrantWilliam. “The True Story of the 'Free State of Jones'.”Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 1 Mar. 2016, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-free-state-jones-180958111/.

“Newton Knight and the Legend of the Free State of Jones.” Newton Knight and the Legend of the Free State of Jones | Mississippi History Now, mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/309/newton-knight-and-the-legend-of-the-free-state-of-jones.

“Newton Knight.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Sept. 2017, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Knight.

James Karst, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune. “'Free State of Jones' Leader Newt Knight in His Own Words.” NOLA.com, NOLA.com, 24 June 2016, www.nola.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/06/free_state_of_jones_leader_new_1.html.

“Free State of Jones vs. the True Story of Newton Knight.” HistoryvsHollywood.com, www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/free-state-of-jones/.]]> 2017-09-28 01:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/haydan_crowder/5i84ckdrkn1w/wish/191909871