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The Confederate Daughter Who Rewrote Alabama’s Civil War History
The Birmingham New has an outstanding article on the Daughter of the Confederacy who helped rewrite the State of Alabama’s Civil War and Reconstruction history….
NY Times Reviews New Novel on the United States Colored Troops
The New York Times has a review of a new novel that tells the story of a real unit in the United States Colored Troops….
Caroline E. Janney Author of Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox Wins 2022 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
Caroline Janney is the recipient of the 2022 Lincoln Prize. Here is my own review of this book. According to the Gilder Lehrman Institute: Janney’s Ends…
NY Times Reviews New Book on Split Between William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass
The New York Times reviews the new book THE COLOR OF ABOLITION: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation by Linda…
Podcast on Andrew Johnson’s Presidency
This podcast from the Washington Post focuses on the presidency of Andrew Johnson.
Podcast on Lincoln’s Eloquence as a Writer and Speaker
For Lincoln’s Birthday, we are highlighting this great podcast on the words of Abraham Lincoln. Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of ‘Team of Rivals,’ and Michelle…
Louis Masur Video Talk on Lincoln’s Reconstruction Policies
In November, Professor Louis Masur delivered the prestigious Robert Fortenbaugh Lecture in Gettysburg, PA. on Lincoln’s Reconstruction policies. Thanks to Al Mackey for pointing this…
New Website Tells Story of Millican Massacre in 1868 Texas
In the Summer of 1868 a massacre of freedpeople took place in Millican, Texas. Reports on the numbers killed vary widely, but all agree that…
Jamelle Bouie on How the Domestic Slave Trade Worked
Jamelle Bouie has a big article in the New York Times Sunday Review on the Atlantic Slave Trade today, bit he also wrote a short…
Animated Map of the Slave Trade Shows All Recorded Voyages
This animated map depicting the “slave trade” has been around for a number of years. About 4% of those Atlantic slave trade ships landed in…
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