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New PBS Documentary BECOMING FREDERICK DOUGLASS  Premieres Tuesday, October 11, 2022 on PBS

A new documentary on Frederick Douglass is set to premier on PBS in October. I have not seen the documentary.  Here is info on the…

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Posted in Civil War Slavery Videos

PBS Documentary HARRIET TUBMAN: VISIONS OF FREEDOM Premieres Tuesday, October 4, 2022 

According to a media release from PBS the documentary Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom will premiere next month. Here is what PBS sent out: HARRIET…

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Posted in Civil War Memory of Reconstruction Monuments USCT Videos

Barbara Gannon on Finding the “Lost Graves” of Black Soldiers Killed at the Battle of Olustee: Video

I was reading Kevin Levin’s Substack yesterday  and he posted this talk by historian Barbara Gannon, which I had not seen before. Gannon teaches history…

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Posted in Elections Lincoln Videos

Video Talk on Politics and Elections in the Union Army of the Potomac

I recently watched this video from the Winter Lecture Series of 2022 delivered at Gettysburg National Military Park. It looks at political agitation and campaigning…

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Posted in Book Reviews Videos

Around the Web July 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

Note: You can now access my own Civil War/Reconstruction podcasts here.  The last month has been a uniquely vibrant one on Civil War and Reconstruction social…

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Video: Watch the Rededication of the Shaw/54th Massachusetts Memorial in Boston

You can watch the video of today’s entire National Rededication of the Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial in Boston.

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Around the Web May 2022: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media

As you may know, I was ill with a life-threatening condition in March and April, which gave me plenty of time to lay in bed…

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Posted in Lost Cause Memory of Reconstruction Movies Myths of Reconstruction Videos

Video Reconstruction in the Movies-NPS Ranger Rich Condon Discusses Hollywood Depictions

Reel History is a regular series on YouTube discussing how history is portrayed by Hollywood. In this episode Reconstruction in the Movies National Park Ranger…

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Posted in Lincoln Videos

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…

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Posted in Slavery Videos

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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