[Ads-l] (Modest) blog post on early "Tar Heels"

[Grant Barrett]

Fascinating and thorough. Thank you for the comprehensive work. GB

On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 9:53 AM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Excellent work, Bonnie! Your essay is an important contribution on
> this complicated topic. Thanks for the acknowledgement.
> Garson
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 7:30 AM Bonnie Taylor-Blake
> <b.taylorblake at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I recently put together some research on very early uses of "tar heels"
> and how the epithet may have been attached to North Carolinians. Some of
> this has appeared on ADS-L before, but I thought I should make a more
> coherent story out of these posts and incorporate some of your suggestions
> and finds.
> >
> > If you're interested, you can read about this at
> >
> > https://btaylorblake.com/2022/04/29/who-put-the-tar-in-tar-heels/
> >
> > Comments, questions, and criticisms are welcome, of course.
> >
> > I'm grateful to ADS-L members for their feedback along the way,
> especially Fred Shapiro, who made me aware of an important Civil War diary
> containing the moniker. I also owe thanks to Garson O'Toole and Peter
> Reitan, who shared on the list important examples of the phrase "tar on the
> heel."
> >
> > -- Bonnie
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