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

[Bonnie Taylor-Blake]

(To those who've sent such kind replies and additional comments on-list and
off-list, thank you so much. -- Bonnie)

On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 1:53 PM Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:

Excellent indeed, Bonnie!
> (The name trajectory reminds me a bit of Hoosier.)
> I think you would do well to publish it in a history journal so more will
> appreciate your research.
>
> Stephen
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> Bonnie Taylor-Blake <b.taylorblake at GMAIL.COM>
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> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Subject: (Modest) blog post on early "Tar Heels"
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> 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://btaylorblake.com/2022/04/29/who-put-the-tar-in-tar-heels/__;!!OToaGQ!4WXhg47LylDrR5967IYs9PV0A7maD2N38ttuZ7Beg1HWgFNRQr1Rot7u4UdkK0qo$
>
> 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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