Yes, I still blame Tom Cotton for his slave owning ancestors because he learned from them how to hate Supreme Court nominees, Ketanji Brown Jackson, like a slave, when he drilled her; the same as his slave owning ancestors treated their slaves. He acted like her master. . And So did Mistress Senator Blackburn. However, during slavery, as-well as right now, white women hated their female slaves, they saw them as sexual competitors, rather than as free sex for the Master; black slave women weren't humans, they were only pathetic, pitiful property...! Mercy, mercy...
Tom Cotton is a horrible person, but I would guess most Americans if they did the research would find slave ancestors (if any part of your family goes back to the revolutionary period or earlier, or you have any Southern ancestors who came to this country before the Civil War). I researched my own family -- 7 of 8 great-grandparents were immigrants or children of immigrants post-Civil War. The ancestors of that final 8th great-grandparent lived in Northern states going back to the 1630s. But you know what, there was slavery in Northern states. At least two of my Scots-Irish ancestors who lived in New York in the 1700s owned slaves (between 1 and 5 at various censuses). They just immigrated here as good Presybterians from what's now Northern Ireland and immediately decided to buy other people.
It's easy to score points with stuff like this when the target is a racist politician. But this is the legacy of most white people in this country, and we all need to face our history and do better.
Mine doesn't. And actively fought AGAINST slavery in the Civil War. The majority of Americans, if they did their research, would find that a small majority of Americans owned the bulk of the slaves. Of course the Scots-Irish were preconditioned towards white supremacist rule from their experience as part of the exterminationist colonialist project of the Ulster Plantation -- displacing and ruling over the native Irish was a precursor to owning enslaved Africans and exterminating/displacing native peoples on the frontier in the Americas.
This is absolutely ridiculous. Get upset with him for something his great great great great ancestors did. Why not be upset with their ancestors who sold them? Oh, that’s right, doesn’t fit the narrative you’re trying to frame. Absolutely shameful journalism. Trash article.
My ancestors were enslaved by one Ms. Sophia Cotton and her sons in North Carolina. They eventually moved to Tennessee taking several Enslaved people with them. My grandfather was born in Tn in 1865...the first person born free on my maternal side. Are you able to tell me the best way to see if there is a connection?
Esha, this is not to attack you OR to "defend" Tom Cotton.
But if you're certain that the ancestor Jesse Cotton was "Jesse Hackney Cotton", with a wife named Rebecca and a son named Leonard...
The people who attempted to compile a family tree for the person buried in Yell County, Arkansas, under the name "Jesse Hackney Cotton", in 2015 linked an 1860 census putting him, his wife Rebecca, and his son Leonard in Missouri in 1860. That census has him born in Tennessee, and his wife born in Kentucky.
There is a "Jesy" Cotton in what was then Sevier County (both Jackson Township, where it has him and his family living, and Little River Township are now part of Little River County) on the 1860 census (born in NC, with a wife named Nancy (born in Alabama). This seems to be far more likely to be the "Jesse Cotton" listed as owning the slaves in Little River Township, Sevier County -- perhaps he was the technical "owner" but was renting them out to work on different property.
There is also a 23-year old "Jesse Cotton" boarding in Pulaski County, Arkansas, in the 1860 census, but he is too young to be Jesse Hackey Cotton.
I haven't dug into the Missouri census to learn if they had slaves there, or dug much further than that, but "Cotton" is FAR too common of a last name to be certain about a census being a certain person. It's hard enough to find your ancestors when they had absolutely unique names. You have to be sure of spouses/children (and even then sometimes you run into issues with the census takers not knowing how to spell -- my grandpa is listed as "Mervin", not "Marvin").
Can confirm a Leonard R. Cotton in Yell County applied for a disability-related Confederate pension in 1915, and that the father of Jesse Hackey Cotton, Noah Cotton, had slaves on the 1850 schedule in Tennessee. He died in 1858, and Jesse was his oldest child. It IS possible that he inherited them and then leased them in lower Arkansas while living in Missouri.
But the more likely explanation is that the "Jesy Cotton" in the township close by was the owner of those particular slaves, and perhaps even the father of the "Mulatto" three year old child.
I would seriously check out a search on FamilySearch in the 1860 Census in Van Buren Township, Newton County, Missouri for a "Jesse Cotton", with spouse "Rebecca".
Or search on there for person ID LQR3-2KX -- the record that has the 1860 Missouri Census attached as a source document, and attached in 2015 so before any recent debate on this subject/alteration of this resource as such linkages are publicly editable.
I don't know if I'm allowed to post links, but one thing that is interesting is that this Census record says Jesse's kids were born in Kentucky until the one born in approximately 1854 -- their 6 year old was born in Missouri, according to the census. So were there for at least 5 years, a little more, before the 1860 census.
This is supported by "J H Cotton", married to an "R Cotton", with an eldest child "L R Cotton", in the Simpson County, Kentucky 1850 Census.
Jesse's father should be Arthur. Died circa 1849. Jesse left Simpson Co, KY circa 1852 for Missouri. Arthur, Jesse's father was heavily in debt at death, and Jesse may not have inherited much.
1860 census, Jesse and family found in Newton co, Missouri. This area heavily contested in war. 1861-1862, Jesse left in the middle of the night to Yell Co, Arkansas, abandoning his home in Missouri.
According to family lore, they lived in an abandoned church during the war. Leonard's CSA unit was conscripted. Have found no record of Jesse Cotton on the slave schedule in 1850 or 1860. Not clear what happened to enslaved of Jesse's father Arthur at his death in 1849.
During the war, many of the Confederate soldiers operating in Yell Co. were Native American. The small county apparently drew 300 white Union volunteers.
National historical narratives about the war may not apply well to Yell co., Arkansas, superseded by regional interests.
At least someone on here is actually doing research before posting. You are correct. The 1850 Simpson Co., KY slave schedule and the 1860 Newton Co., MO slave schedule show no slaves for Jesse Hackney Cotton. I am descended from a brother of Arthur Murfree Cotton who was Jesse's father and have been researching this family for years.
Esha do you have any articles that you recommend to better understand the critique of the 1619 project? Colleagues have used it in their classrooms the last term and I would like to avoid it if it's truly inaccurate/harmful.
I attended a presentation by Nikole Hannah-Jones, the author of the 1619 project and found her information to be accurate and valuable although some of her numbers disagree with other sources. For example, she and other sources both agree that the transport of enslaved Africans from Africa to the New World was the largest involuntary migration of people in the world. She and other sources do disagree on exactly how many millions of Africans were involved. Her findings should be integrated into classroom teachings about American history to give a clearer picture of our history.
Jacob and Elizabeth (Holland) Cowger on the other side of the tree you made were also slaveowners. One of the women they enslaved-- Maggie Westmoland-- was interviewed in the WPA slave narratives if you want to know exactly how brutally she was treated and kept enslaved and abused even after the war ended. The spelling of their last name is "Cargo" in her narrative, but there is enough other biographical info to confirm she's speaking about the Cowgers.
What I don’t understand about Tom Cotton’s statement in the light of the family history you reveal is how the Senator thought his ancestors were going to extinguish their slave owning without the conflict of the Civil War and the 150+ years of history that followed. And, it would be interesting to follow up on the family’s genealogy & any activity these subsequent relatives might have had in the Jim Crow South or other ride by night activities. And, exactly how is the1619 Project Marxist propaganda? Invective is not reasoned discourse. I should think a veteran officer & graduate of Harvard College & Law would be capable of discourse that would generate more light & less heat on the topic.
You're doing the Lord's work, thank you. Now I wonder if any journalist.wktbnhavr the ovaries to bring this up. Also wouldn't be surprised if Cotton bad some relatives on the other side of the color line.
The rape , enslavement of human beings are superficial to you..then you are as feral and vicious as tom kkkotton. You do realize he defends this atrocity
Thank you. Yes it does matter. Those who owned slaves should understand and own up to their own dark history. We will never forget just like Germany will never forget Hitler. We need to acknowledge and learn.
You do get that most, if not all, African Americans have slave-owning ancestors? And a good portion of white Americans have slave ancestors.... genetic research confirms this
Yes, I still blame Tom Cotton for his slave owning ancestors because he learned from them how to hate Supreme Court nominees, Ketanji Brown Jackson, like a slave, when he drilled her; the same as his slave owning ancestors treated their slaves. He acted like her master. . And So did Mistress Senator Blackburn. However, during slavery, as-well as right now, white women hated their female slaves, they saw them as sexual competitors, rather than as free sex for the Master; black slave women weren't humans, they were only pathetic, pitiful property...! Mercy, mercy...
He is horrible. An actual fascist. No conscience.
Tom Cotton is a horrible person, but I would guess most Americans if they did the research would find slave ancestors (if any part of your family goes back to the revolutionary period or earlier, or you have any Southern ancestors who came to this country before the Civil War). I researched my own family -- 7 of 8 great-grandparents were immigrants or children of immigrants post-Civil War. The ancestors of that final 8th great-grandparent lived in Northern states going back to the 1630s. But you know what, there was slavery in Northern states. At least two of my Scots-Irish ancestors who lived in New York in the 1700s owned slaves (between 1 and 5 at various censuses). They just immigrated here as good Presybterians from what's now Northern Ireland and immediately decided to buy other people.
It's easy to score points with stuff like this when the target is a racist politician. But this is the legacy of most white people in this country, and we all need to face our history and do better.
Mine doesn't. And actively fought AGAINST slavery in the Civil War. The majority of Americans, if they did their research, would find that a small majority of Americans owned the bulk of the slaves. Of course the Scots-Irish were preconditioned towards white supremacist rule from their experience as part of the exterminationist colonialist project of the Ulster Plantation -- displacing and ruling over the native Irish was a precursor to owning enslaved Africans and exterminating/displacing native peoples on the frontier in the Americas.
This is absolutely ridiculous. Get upset with him for something his great great great great ancestors did. Why not be upset with their ancestors who sold them? Oh, that’s right, doesn’t fit the narrative you’re trying to frame. Absolutely shameful journalism. Trash article.
I think it's more about being upset that he wants to suppress real history in the present day.
Africans were stolen and abducted by your ancestors. Take responsibility for your atrocities. Only cowards blame their victims.. Disgusting.
Wow, the truth is shameful to the Tom Cotton's of the world.
My name is Alto Cotton and I think this where our name came from slavery and my grandfather name was Arthur Cotton I want to know
I’m Larry Cotton and I’ve been trying to find some info my self
My ancestors were enslaved by one Ms. Sophia Cotton and her sons in North Carolina. They eventually moved to Tennessee taking several Enslaved people with them. My grandfather was born in Tn in 1865...the first person born free on my maternal side. Are you able to tell me the best way to see if there is a connection?
Sophia Cotten's husband Henry was a second cousin of Arthur Murfree Cotten, the father of Jesse Hackney Cotten and an ancestor of Senator Tom Cotton.
Do you have the name of your ancestor or your grandfather?
I found copies of my grandfather's delayed birth certificate and his death certificate. I'd like to send them to you.
Yes, I will get it today. Is there a way to inbox you the information?
Esha, this is not to attack you OR to "defend" Tom Cotton.
But if you're certain that the ancestor Jesse Cotton was "Jesse Hackney Cotton", with a wife named Rebecca and a son named Leonard...
The people who attempted to compile a family tree for the person buried in Yell County, Arkansas, under the name "Jesse Hackney Cotton", in 2015 linked an 1860 census putting him, his wife Rebecca, and his son Leonard in Missouri in 1860. That census has him born in Tennessee, and his wife born in Kentucky.
There is a "Jesy" Cotton in what was then Sevier County (both Jackson Township, where it has him and his family living, and Little River Township are now part of Little River County) on the 1860 census (born in NC, with a wife named Nancy (born in Alabama). This seems to be far more likely to be the "Jesse Cotton" listed as owning the slaves in Little River Township, Sevier County -- perhaps he was the technical "owner" but was renting them out to work on different property.
There is also a 23-year old "Jesse Cotton" boarding in Pulaski County, Arkansas, in the 1860 census, but he is too young to be Jesse Hackey Cotton.
I haven't dug into the Missouri census to learn if they had slaves there, or dug much further than that, but "Cotton" is FAR too common of a last name to be certain about a census being a certain person. It's hard enough to find your ancestors when they had absolutely unique names. You have to be sure of spouses/children (and even then sometimes you run into issues with the census takers not knowing how to spell -- my grandpa is listed as "Mervin", not "Marvin").
Can confirm a Leonard R. Cotton in Yell County applied for a disability-related Confederate pension in 1915, and that the father of Jesse Hackey Cotton, Noah Cotton, had slaves on the 1850 schedule in Tennessee. He died in 1858, and Jesse was his oldest child. It IS possible that he inherited them and then leased them in lower Arkansas while living in Missouri.
But the more likely explanation is that the "Jesy Cotton" in the township close by was the owner of those particular slaves, and perhaps even the father of the "Mulatto" three year old child.
They were in Missouri for a little while but they didn't stay long enough to register for the senses.
But, I am pretty sure that this is indeed Tom Cotton's relatives.
Are you certain?
I would seriously check out a search on FamilySearch in the 1860 Census in Van Buren Township, Newton County, Missouri for a "Jesse Cotton", with spouse "Rebecca".
Or search on there for person ID LQR3-2KX -- the record that has the 1860 Missouri Census attached as a source document, and attached in 2015 so before any recent debate on this subject/alteration of this resource as such linkages are publicly editable.
I don't know if I'm allowed to post links, but one thing that is interesting is that this Census record says Jesse's kids were born in Kentucky until the one born in approximately 1854 -- their 6 year old was born in Missouri, according to the census. So were there for at least 5 years, a little more, before the 1860 census.
This is supported by "J H Cotton", married to an "R Cotton", with an eldest child "L R Cotton", in the Simpson County, Kentucky 1850 Census.
The Simpson county kentucky seems accurate. LR Cotton was born in 1843.
Let me double check, this is getting a bit confusing in re Missouri.
Jesse's father should be Arthur. Died circa 1849. Jesse left Simpson Co, KY circa 1852 for Missouri. Arthur, Jesse's father was heavily in debt at death, and Jesse may not have inherited much.
1860 census, Jesse and family found in Newton co, Missouri. This area heavily contested in war. 1861-1862, Jesse left in the middle of the night to Yell Co, Arkansas, abandoning his home in Missouri.
According to family lore, they lived in an abandoned church during the war. Leonard's CSA unit was conscripted. Have found no record of Jesse Cotton on the slave schedule in 1850 or 1860. Not clear what happened to enslaved of Jesse's father Arthur at his death in 1849.
During the war, many of the Confederate soldiers operating in Yell Co. were Native American. The small county apparently drew 300 white Union volunteers.
National historical narratives about the war may not apply well to Yell co., Arkansas, superseded by regional interests.
At least someone on here is actually doing research before posting. You are correct. The 1850 Simpson Co., KY slave schedule and the 1860 Newton Co., MO slave schedule show no slaves for Jesse Hackney Cotton. I am descended from a brother of Arthur Murfree Cotton who was Jesse's father and have been researching this family for years.
Esha do you have any articles that you recommend to better understand the critique of the 1619 project? Colleagues have used it in their classrooms the last term and I would like to avoid it if it's truly inaccurate/harmful.
I am writing my critique as we speak. A) very sloppy with facts b) glorifies US empire c). Doesn't mention that Virginia was a corpotation.
Oo okay. Looking forward to it! Thanks!!
I attended a presentation by Nikole Hannah-Jones, the author of the 1619 project and found her information to be accurate and valuable although some of her numbers disagree with other sources. For example, she and other sources both agree that the transport of enslaved Africans from Africa to the New World was the largest involuntary migration of people in the world. She and other sources do disagree on exactly how many millions of Africans were involved. Her findings should be integrated into classroom teachings about American history to give a clearer picture of our history.
My interaction with her on twitter gives me much to be concerned about. https://twitter.com/historic_ly/status/1274869613080313858?s=20
Jacob and Elizabeth (Holland) Cowger on the other side of the tree you made were also slaveowners. One of the women they enslaved-- Maggie Westmoland-- was interviewed in the WPA slave narratives if you want to know exactly how brutally she was treated and kept enslaved and abused even after the war ended. The spelling of their last name is "Cargo" in her narrative, but there is enough other biographical info to confirm she's speaking about the Cowgers.
Thank you! I shall amend the article in light of this info.
What I don’t understand about Tom Cotton’s statement in the light of the family history you reveal is how the Senator thought his ancestors were going to extinguish their slave owning without the conflict of the Civil War and the 150+ years of history that followed. And, it would be interesting to follow up on the family’s genealogy & any activity these subsequent relatives might have had in the Jim Crow South or other ride by night activities. And, exactly how is the1619 Project Marxist propaganda? Invective is not reasoned discourse. I should think a veteran officer & graduate of Harvard College & Law would be capable of discourse that would generate more light & less heat on the topic.
I'm looking. I'm looking.
Urgh It's anti-maristist racial reductionism, but yes absolutely and completely inaccurate too. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/06/1619-s06.html
Yes. It is. But Tom Cotton needs to stfu 🤣
Did you notice one of the slaves was listed as Mulatto?
Oh my, the individual listed as Mulatto was 3 years old!
Yes. I noticed that too. I should see if I can find any more information. Do you have any theories? https://gyazo.com/ed6b1231dcb0ae6c9a937f7e6c11f82d
Thank you for exposing this hypocrite!
You're doing the Lord's work, thank you. Now I wonder if any journalist.wktbnhavr the ovaries to bring this up. Also wouldn't be surprised if Cotton bad some relatives on the other side of the color line.
I shudder to speculate..but I should look up his mother's side too!
Vindictive and superficial ad-hominem using his ancestors? weak and pathetic argument at best. Dangerous at worst.
does it matter what his ancestors did or did not do ? are you really that vindictive and superficial?
The rape , enslavement of human beings are superficial to you..then you are as feral and vicious as tom kkkotton. You do realize he defends this atrocity
I am only this vindictive and superficial when Tom Cotton is interfering with public education.
Many other senators had slaves but I'm not writing an article because they aren't cutting funding to educating kids about slavery.
Thank you. Yes it does matter. Those who owned slaves should understand and own up to their own dark history. We will never forget just like Germany will never forget Hitler. We need to acknowledge and learn.
You do get that most, if not all, African Americans have slave-owning ancestors? And a good portion of white Americans have slave ancestors.... genetic research confirms this
Rape... ?
So, what's your point?