- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Crackers
- Creator:
- James Wells Champney
- Publisher:
- Coulter, E. Merton. A Short History of Georgia. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1933.
- Date of Original:
- 1873
- Subject:
- Poor whites--Georgia
Poor--Georgia
Donkeys--Georgia
Wagons--Georgia
Men--Georgia
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)--Georgia - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- illustrations (layout features)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The epithet cracker has been applied in a derogatory way to rural, non-elite white southerners. Linguists now believe the original root to be the Gaelic craic, still used in Ireland (anglicized in spelling to crack) for "entertaining conversation."
Image of an illustration of two poor white men, or "crackers," speaking in a road. One man sits atop a donkey that is pulling a wagon. The other man stands next to him on the road. Their clothes are ragged and worn. The man on the right holds a stick in his left hand. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/crackers/m-570/
- Rights Holder:
- From A Short History of Georgia, by E. M. Coulter
From The Great South, by James Wells Champney
Image from James Wells Champney - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/crackers
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/poor-whites
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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