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David Blight Writes About Frederick Douglass’s Dream of a Pluralist Utopia

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: December 6, 2019  1 Comment on David Blight Writes About Frederick Douglass’s Dream of a Pluralist Utopia

Pulitizer Prize winning historian David Blight writes in this month’s Atlantic Magazine about the post-Civil War vision of Frederick Douglass. According to Blight, Douglass had…

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A Close Look at Thomas Nast’s Cartoon “Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner” 1869 Immigrants Welcome Here?

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: November 26, 2019  20 Comments on A Close Look at Thomas Nast’s Cartoon “Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner” 1869 Immigrants Welcome Here?

One of Thomas Nast’s most reproduced cartoons is his 1869 Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner depicting a new America at the dinner table. While an 1860 version of…

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