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The first blog I looked at was " Fredericksburg Remembered The Challenges and adventures of interpreting the history of Fredericksburg, Stafford and Spotslyvania. Overall it is a very good blog focusing on the area and discusses many different Civil War topics that range from Secession, Slavery, John Washington etc. While looking at the various blogs on this website the section I found the most interesting was the section on John Washington. While reading John Washington and the emergence of a voice for Fredericksburg slave I found that statistic provided by David Blight, that out of 9 million slaves only 200 left behind memoirs. What role does a lack of slave memoirs play in determining the remembrance of slaves during the Civil War? -Nick | The first blog I looked at was " Fredericksburg Remembered The Challenges and adventures of interpreting the history of Fredericksburg, Stafford and Spotslyvania. Overall it is a very good blog focusing on the area and discusses many different Civil War topics that range from Secession, Slavery, John Washington etc. While looking at the various blogs on this website the section I found the most interesting was the section on John Washington. While reading John Washington and the emergence of a voice for Fredericksburg slave I found that statistic provided by David Blight, that out of 9 million slaves only 200 left behind memoirs. What role does a lack of slave memoirs play in determining the remembrance of slaves during the Civil War? -Nick | ||
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| + | The first Blog I looked at was underneath the Cosmic America section, which I was wondering what the heck it even was, entitled "Straight From the Department of Bad Ideas…", and it holds up to its title. It discusses a elementary school teacher who decided it would be a great idea to celebrate the sesquicentennial by dividing her class up in black and white sections and holding a mock slave auction. Mind you this is an elementary school class, not a college or even high school level class, and this was done by a teacher in Norfolk. I found the story very interesting, and the teacher retarded, partially because I never heard about it. The comments on the blog tend to hold my sentiments. - AJ | ||
