Camp #84, Gardendale Alabama
Alabama Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
December 2005 Edition Patrick Cumbie: Commander
Albert Snow: Adjutant
The Capt. Mortimer Jordan Camp met at the Gardendale Shoney's Restaurant Tuesday, Nov 1st at 7pm. Commander Cumbie called the meeting to order and asked the Adj. To open with a prayer. Commander Cumbie then led the camp with the SCV opening pledges.
Commander Cumbie recognized the visitors for the evening. Mr. David Hogeland. Mr. Hogeland has visited on several occasions and has expressed interest in joining the camp.
Also in attendance Mrs. Unice W. Waugh and her son Gary Waugh. Mrs. Waugh was searching for information on the 5th Ala. Cav. In which her ancestor Seth Decatur Waddle was a member and also on a UDC camp close by. She had some interesting documents along with a beautiful UDC Ribbon.
Adj. Snow read the minutes of the past meeting which, were accepted as printed in the Battle Cry.
Old Business: The camp is proceeding with plans for the Jefferson Davis Inaugural Banquet to be held on a date yet to be announced in February 2006. Look for more information in a future Battle Cry
New Business:
Commander Cumbie presented Compatriot Clarance Lowell Downs with his new Membership Certificate and SCV membership pin. Compatriot Downs has attended
several meetings and already seems as though he is a long time member. It was noticed that a small spelling error was made on the certificate. The Adj. Will Call IHQ for a replacement.
Mr. David Hogeland presented the camp with his application for membership. Mr. Hogeland's documentation is extensive and well in order. A committee was formed led by Commander Cumbie and John Boyce Echols. Recommended by Adj. Snow. The application was approved and will be transmitted to IHQ and Division.
Discussions, in a round table format, followed as to current events and the activities of the camp and division.
The meeting was closed by Commander Cumbie and a general discussion period followed for some time.
The next meeting of the Capt. Mortimer Jordan Camp will be Dec. 5th 7pm at the Gardendale Shoney's Restaurant. Everyone is invited to attend this meeting of the camp. A special guest speaker will be on hand this evening. Mr. Bill Sacra, who is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, will speak on the history of this institution and its role in the war. Special attention will be given to the New Market Battle in which the young VMI cadets helped defeat a large invading Yankee Army. A Retired Air Force Officer today, as a young VMI cadet he marched in the inauguration parade of President Harry Truman. Please plan to attend.
Part 2 on Slavery in America
From Indentured Servitude to Racial Slavery
Africans in America
PBS.org
We sometimes imagine that such oppressive laws were put quickly into full
force by greedy landowners. But that's not the way slavery was established
in colonial America. It happened gradually -- one person at a time, one law
at a time, even one colony at a time.
One of the places we have the clearest views of that "terrible
transformation" is the colony of Virginia. In the early years of the colony,
many Africans and poor whites -- most of the laborers came from the English
working class -- stood on the same ground. Black and white women worked
side-by-side in the fields. Black and white men who broke their servant
contract were equally punished.
All were indentured servants. During their time as servants, they were fed
and housed. Afterwards, they would be given what were known as "freedom
dues," which usually included a piece of land and supplies, including a gun.
Black-skinned or white-skinned, they became free.