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Guest Post: Wonder and Historical Knowledge by @lmchervinsky
http://earlyamericanists.com/…/wonder-and-historical-knowl…/
Today on @thejuntoblog, @jmgossard reflects on the long history of child trafficking and abduction by looking at 18thC French Louisiana's population schemes. #histchild #VastEarlyAmerica #WomenAlsoKnowHistory
http://earlyamericanists.com/…/part-of-the-long-history-of…/
Christopher Jones reflects on the experience of assigning the "unessay" in his survey courses.
Two hundred and forty-one years ago on Saturday—23 June, 1777—Angelica Schuyler ran off to be married. Today's post is excerpted from the draft first chapter of Tom Cutterham's biography of Angelica.
Review: Sharon Block, Colonial Complexions @drv05
http://earlyamericanists.com/…/review-sharon-block-colonia…/
The Junto: A Group Blog on Early American History shared their post.
An important historical perspective on today’s cruel separations of families.
In light of the recent tragic stories of family separation occurring on the Mexico-United States border, what instantly came to my mind was America’s history of... dislocation through American slavery. From the United States’s conception, the place of the country’s Black population, enslaved and free, was centered in debates on who this country was ultimately built for. There were factions that saw slavery as antithetical to the founding principles of “freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” During the Revolutionary War, even British orators like Samuel Johnson, clearly saw this dichotomy. [ 1,509 more word ]
http://earlyamericanists.com/…/black-women-intellectuals-a…/
In light of the recent tragic stories of family separation occurring on the Mexico-United States border, what instantly came to my mind was America’s history of dislocation through American slavery. From the United States’s conception, the place of the country’s Black population, enslaved and free, was centered in debates on who this country was ultimately built for. There were factions that saw slavery as antithetical to the founding principles of “freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” During the Revolutionary War, even British orators like Samuel Johnson, clearly saw this dichotomy. [ 1,509 more word ]
http://earlyamericanists.com/…/black-women-intellectuals-a…/
Over the weekend, an international group of scholars met on the campus of Brown University to participate in a conference focused on various forms of enslaved migrations throughout the Americas from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. Sponsored by the Omohundro Institute and the John Carter Brown Library, the meeting represented the fifth in a series of conferences about the transatlantic slave trade that have been organized by the OI. [ 655 more words ]
http://earlyamericanists.com/…/trans-american-crossings-re…/
Carla Cevasco asks, "Do Objects Lie?" and introduces a new video, made at the Chipstone Foundation, for teaching about evidence.
Today on The Junto Julia M Gossard (@jmgossard) reflects on her participation in #Beyond150CA, a Twitter Conference.
With spring well underway, many of us are experiencing the satisfaction of marking the last grade on the final blue book of the semester, with an eye toward the approaching summer months and the freedom to work on our own research projects.[1] This makes it a foolhardy moment to entice Junto readers into thinking about teaching the survey, but it also presents an opportunity to reflect on our students and how their backgrounds should shape our approach in the classroom. [ 739 more words ]
http://earlyamericanists.com/…/…/21/a-survey-of-assumptions/
Today @markdboonie reviews American Honor, by @craigbrucesmith
http://earlyamericanists.com/…/review-craig-bruce-smith-am…/
“We all declare for liberty,” Abraham Lincoln remarked in 1864, “but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.”
Today at The Junto, Philippe Halbert interviews Erin M. Greenwald about her exhibition, New Orleans, the Founding Era, on view at The Historic New Orleans Collection through May 27, 2018.
We are pleased to host a Q&A with Craig Bruce Smith, author of the recently released American Honor: The Creation of the Nation's Ideals During the Revolutionary Era (UNC Press).
