- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Crackers
- Creator:
- Burrison, John A., 1942-
- Date of Original:
- 2002-07-24
- Subject:
- Scots-Irish--Georgia
Immigrants--Georgia
Rednecks--Georgia
Rural population--Georgia
Whites--Georgia
Cowboys--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the term crackers. The epithet cracker has been applied in a derogatory way, like redneck, to rural, non-elite white southerners, more specifically to those of south Georgia and north Florida. Folk etymology claims the term originated either from their cracking, or pounding, of corn (rather than taking it to mill), or from their use of whips to drive cattle. The latter explanation makes sense, because in piney-woods Georgia and Florida pastoral yeomen did use bullwhips with "cracker" tips to herd cattle.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/crackers/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Crackers," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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