Month: February 2020
The Tuscaloosa Independent Monitor “Takes its stand” as a “White Man’s Newspaper” March 1869
I found this ad in the Mobile Register. The Independent Monitor was founded in 1837 and it went out of business in 1872. The newspaper,…
Opposing the 15th Amendment: The Conservative and Democratic Argument Against Blacks Voting 1869-1870
The 15th Amendment granted equal voting rights to all male citizens regardless of race. It passed both houses of Congress in Feb. 1869 and went…
SUNY Binghamton Professor Anne Bailey Interviewed About Her Project Documenting Where Slaves Were Sold in U.S.
WNYC’s Brian Lehrer spoke to SUNY Binghamton history professor Anne Bailey about her project to locate and photograph the sites where slaves were auctioned in…
Slate Slavery In America Podcast: Episode 2 Inside the Slave Ship
Here is Episode 2 of the Slate series on slavery. According to Slate: In episode 2 of the History of American Slavery, hosts Rebecca Onion…
March 18, 1869: Pres. Grant Signs Law Barring Racial Discrimination in Laws in District of Columbia
On March 18, 1869 President Grant signed legislation eliminating the word “white” wherever it was used as a qualification for voting, serving on a jury,…
Slate Slavery In America Podcast: Episode 1 The Terrible Transformation of Slavery in the 1600s
Five years ago Slate put out a well-regarded series on the history of American slavery. Unfortunately, it was behind a paywall and only Slate+ subscribers…
March 1869: President “Grant’s Intense Negroism” Denounced
Soon after Grant became president he was denounced for his “intense Negroism.” Charleston daily news Saturday, Mar 13, 1869 Charleston, SC Vol: 7 Page:2
Ku Klux Flour? Kooking With The Klan in 1868
So I was reading the daily farm report a while ago and I saw the report on commodities and darn if there wasn’t something called…
April 1867 First Ku Klux Klan Convention Held in Nashville’s Maxwell House
The founding of America’s oldest terrorist group, the Ku Klux Klan, is shrouded in myth and legend. While Klan lore places its first meeting on…
NY Times Interviews Edward Achorn, the Author of “Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln.”
In his new book Every Drop of Blood Edward Achorn describes the 24 hours of Lincoln’s Second Inauguration. We all remember Lincoln address that day,…
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