Posted in Memory of Reconstruction

Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era at Univ. of South Carolina, Beaufort, Launches Nov. 7, 2019

Yale professor David W. Blight speaks in Beaufort, South Carolina on Nov. 7 at the official launch of the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Institute…

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Posted in Abolitionists Slavery

Maryland Hopes Americans Will Visit Harriet Tubman Sites in State

Maryland created a Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway several years ago to guide tourists through the route Tubman took to get away from that state…

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Posted in White Supremacy White Supremacy Apologetics

The Real Enemy of Blacks Is Not Whites, It Is Poor White Southerners Says NY World January 1869

The New York World is often described as the newspaper that most reflected the views of the national leadership of the Democratic Party during the…

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Posted in 13th Amendment Abolitionists African Americans Emancipation & Reconstruction Memory of Reconstruction Movies USCT

Reviews of “Harriet” Movie from L.A. Times, Rolling Stone, & NPR

I have posted some reviews of the new Civil War/Reconstruction film “Harriet,” about the life of Harriet Tubman. Here are excerpts for several more from…

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Posted in 13th Amendment Abolitionists Civil War Memory of Reconstruction Movies

New Yorker Says that New Harriet Tubman Film Is a “Stunning Achievement”

The New Yorker gave the new Civil War/Reconstruction Era film “Harriet” an enthusiastic review. In fact, it calls the Harriet Tubman biopic a “stunning achievement.”…

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Posted in Abolitionists African Americans Emancipation & Reconstruction Memory of Reconstruction Movies Refugees Slavery

The New York Times Reviews New Harriet Tubman BioPic “Harriet”

Reviews are beginning to roll in for the new Harriet Tubman biopic “Harriet.” I will post excerpts and links to this Civil War and Reconstruction…

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Posted in Andrew Johnson Impeachment

Andrew Johnson’s Trial: The Constitution on Impeachment-Primary Sources & Discussion

This is the third installment of my new series on the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. I want to use this post for primary sources related…

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Posted in Movies Women and Gender

NY Times Looks at Why “Little Women,” the Bestseller of the Reconstruction Era, Will Come to the Movie Screen This Christmas

The best-selling American novel of the Reconstruction Era, Little Women, will be coming to the Big Screen for Christmas. The New York Times has an…

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