Samuel Spring Gardner, A Maine Parson in Alabama

Authors

  • Michael Daniel Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/NaN

Keywords:

carpetbagger, Greenville, Alabama, judge, probate, Brewer, Bangor Theological Seminary, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, disfranchise Conferate leadership. Possum. General Julius Hayden, Ku Klux Klan, Adaline House Livingston

Abstract

This article recounts the experience of Samuel Spring Garner, of Maine, who moved to Alabama after the Civil War to assist in the Reconstruction effort. Emphasis is placed on Mr. Garner as an example of a “carpetbagger” who did not conform to the general stereotype of those individuals.

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Published

1984-04-01

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 4 (1984): Maine History Journal

Section

Articles