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Connecticut Creates Database of Its Black Civil War USCT Troops
The Connecticut State Library has digitalized its records of Black men from the state who served in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil…
Historian Martha Jones Writes That University Founder Johns Hopkins Was Slaveowner, Not Abolitionist
Martha Jones is a well-known historian who teaches at Johns Hopkins University. Recently she was asked to research the school’s involvement with slavery. Her findings…
New Website Launched With Searchable Database of Enslaved People
Databases of people of African descent held as slaves have been around for a number of years, but a new website that partners Harvard and…
Smithsonian Magazine’s 10 Best History Books of 2020 Include Several on Civil War and Reconstruction
Every year Smithsonian Magazine releases its list of the Ten Best History Books of the Year. The 2020 list includes several on the Civil War…
Ted Widmer on How Lincoln Survived the Worst Election Ever
Professor Ted Widmer, author of Lincoln on the Verge, has a piece in the New York Times today on Lincoln and the Election of 1860….
NY Times Reviews New Book “The Kidnapping Club” on NY Ring that Kidnapped Blacks Into Slavery
The New York Times has a review of The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War by Jonathan…
“Deconstructing Confederate Monuments” A Discussion About History and Monumentation
Kevin Levin, Dina Bailey and Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders participated in a discussion on Confederate monuments and how we understand history. The Zoom discussion at Grant Valley…
Plantation Weddings Are Fun If You Can Forget the Slavery: NY Times on Plantation Popularity
The New York Times has an interesting article on the growing popularity of the “Plantation Wedding.” The houses are big and sometimes beautiful, but the…
Washington Post on the Dangerous Life of a Black Politician in Reconstruction Georgia
The Washington Post has an interesting article on a Black politician who risked assassination to represent freedpeople in Georgia. Here are some excerpts from the…
Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America Video Talk by Thomas Brown
Our friends over at the Journal of Civil War History have posted another great Zoom program. This one is on Civil War monuments. Professor Thomas…
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