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DIGITAL/BLOGROLL: Interactive Maps Chronicle Frederick Douglass in Maryland
Lawrence Jackson's course on Frederick Douglass covered by Hopkins Hub: "For Jackson's class, the time in Maryland before that escape commanded the most interest—Douglass' formative years, before he became the world-famous abolitionist, orator, and writer. Students in the graduate English seminar "Mapping Frederick Douglass" researched and visited regional sites of significance in the young slave's … Continue reading DIGITAL/BLOGROLL: Interactive Maps Chronicle Frederick Douglass in Maryland
BLOGROLL: Twenty Negro or Overseer Law?: Ideas for the Classroom – The Journal of the Civil War Era
John Sacher discusses how to use the "Twenty Negro" exemption in the classroom when teaching about the U.S. Civil War: "Passed in October 1862, this amendment to the April 1862 conscription law allowed planters (those who owned twenty or more slaves) an exemption for someone to oversee their slaves. These historians often quote Mississippi Senator … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Twenty Negro or Overseer Law?: Ideas for the Classroom – The Journal of the Civil War Era
BLOGROLL: The Charlottesville Syllabus
University of Virginia Graduate Coalition responds to white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, VA. The list includes several books on histories of slavery and the South: "The Charlottesville Syllabus is a resource created by the Graduate Student Coalition for Liberation to be used to educate readers about the long history of white supremacy in Charlottesville, Virginia. … Continue reading BLOGROLL: The Charlottesville Syllabus
Susan Eva O’Donovan: “To stand by silently…makes us look profoundly stupid and cruel and racist too.”
In response to the recent election, #ADPhD is sharing reflections, short takes, and responses from scholars of slavery. To submit yours, click here. On November 14, 2016, news outlets reported that a West Virginian official -- Clay County Development Corporation Director Pamela Ramsey - made the following statement comparing First Lady of the United States … Continue reading Susan Eva O’Donovan: “To stand by silently…makes us look profoundly stupid and cruel and racist too.”
Byrd on Teaching Celia, A Slave in an Age of #BlackLivesMatter
Byrd writes: "The case was about much more than Celia. It was even about much more than an enslaved teenager’s inability to claim the same anti-rape protections afforded to free white women."
Bonner on Slavery, Memory, and Feeling “The Bonds of History” | @AAIHS
Chris Bonner writes: "In recent years, Whitney Plantation has been transformed into a site for the memory of African enslavement in American and Atlantic history. The New Yorker recently produced a video that combines images of the stunning Louisiana landscape with commentary from Dr. Ibrahima Seck, Director of Research at the plantation. Both Dr. Seck … Continue reading Bonner on Slavery, Memory, and Feeling “The Bonds of History” | @AAIHS
RESOURCE: Freedmen and Southern Society Project: Sample Documents
Freedmen and Southern Society Project: Sample Documents [Reblogged from: Diaspora Hypertext, the Blog]
TEACHING: Baucom and DuBois Course Site for “The Black Atlantic”
Duke University students are writing the "Black Atlantic" online courtesy of a course taught by Ian Baucom and Laurent DuBois. From the syllabus: "This seminar, open to advanced undergraduate students and graduate students in all disciplines, explores the history and literature of what has come to be known as “The Black Atlantic.” Our goal … Continue reading TEACHING: Baucom and DuBois Course Site for “The Black Atlantic”
DIGITAL/RESOURCES: Readex Highlights Five African-American History Collections
via Readex: In 1925 Carter G. Woodson and his Association for the Study of Negro Life and History created Negro History Week. A half century later, during the U.S. bicentennial, this formal period for recognizing African American contributions to our national history was expanded to a month. At that time President Gerald Ford asked Americans to … Continue reading DIGITAL/RESOURCES: Readex Highlights Five African-American History Collections
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