Month: September 2019
Freedom After Slavery: The Black Experience and the Freedmen’s Bureau in Reconstruction Texas by Lavonne Jackson Leslie
Freedom After Slavery: The Black Experience and the Freedmen’s Bureau in Reconstruction Texas by Lavonne Jackson Leslie (2012) $26.95 Hardcover, $16.96 Paper, $3.99 Kindle. I…
The Social Media Problem for Civil War Historians: They Don’t Like It & They Wish It Would Go Away
The scholarly journal Civil War History has a troubling article by historian Earl Hess on “The Internet and Civil War Studies.” The article relies on…
NY Times 1619 Podcast: The Economy Slavery Built
Episode 2 is up of the New York Times new podcast series on slavery. You can listen to it here.
Resisting Carpet-Baggery And Mongrel Reconstruction in Virginia July 1868
In July 1868 Virginia was considering ratification of a new Constitution in line with the requirements imposed for its Reconstruction as a state and for…
Some Southern Women Wanted to Change the Words to Confederate National Anthem “Dixie”
We sometimes hear Confederate Heritage groups claim that moving a monument or taking down a Confederate Battle Flag amounts to “changing history.” What they don’t…
New Book on Reconstruction by Henry Louis Gates Reviewed by The Nation Magazine
The new book on the Reconstruction Era by Henry Louis Gates is reviewed by The Nation Magazine. Here is an excerpt from the review of…
September 4 1869: First Black Delegates Seated at a National Labor Union Convention
Prior to the Civil War, black workers were excluded from nearly every “white” labor union in the United States. During Reconstruction, the leaders of the…
“Raise High the White Man’s Banner” Democratic Campaign Song August 1868
The great Democratic Ratification meeting in New Orleans was one of many state or city gatherings organized by local Democrats to ratify Horatio Seymour as…
Slate Interviews Kevin Levin on His New Book “Searching for Black Confederates”
Slate has an interesting interview with Kevin Levin, the author of the new book Searching for Black Confederates. From the interview: Fast-forward to the civil…
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