Writing a Book Review of The Last King of America
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With apologies to those who never write in books, how and why I reviewed The Last King in America for Washington Independent Review of Books.
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More on Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial
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A bit more background about a recent article I published on a civil rights action—in 1864 Alexandria, Virginia.
Read MoreThe Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay
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Lesson of the Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay—ships built in a hurry are not a great idea
Read MoreAlexandria African American Heritage Park
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Field trip: Alexandria African American Heritage Park
Read MoreHarriet Jacobs and Imogen Willis Eddy: Surprise Discoveries All Around
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After (or before) you’ve read my article in the Cambridge Day about Harriet Jacobs and Imogen Willis Eddy, here are a few bits that could not make it in the original article.
Read MoreNapoleon Bonaparte Marshall and William Taylor Burwell Williams: African American Educators and Harvard Graduates (Class of 1897)
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In their own words: Two Black alumni from the Harvard College class of 1897.
Read MoreFrederick Douglass and the Fifth of July
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What to the slave is the Fourth of July? asked Frederick Douglass to a Rochester audience. What indeed?
Read MoreAnne Lynch's New York City Literary Salon
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This woman ran one of the most sought-after literary salons in mid-19th century New York City.
Read MoreFrom the Archive: My Own!
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For someone who loves reading old letters in archives, getting back letters that I wrote from 1974 to 1996 was….weird.
Read MoreNortheast North Carolina Underground Railroad: Sea, Swamp, Solidarity
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Consider the challenge of an escape from slavery via the watery depths.
Read MoreAugusta Browne, 19th-century American female composer
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Have you heard of 19th century composer Augusta Browne? Biographer Bonny Miller sheds some light, and sound, on what Browne achieved amidst a lot of constraints.
Read MoreFreedmen's Bureau in Washington: Need Help? Move.
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The post-Civil War work of the Freedmen’s Bureau was curtailed from the start.
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The "Scribbling Women" at Pfaff's
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In this second post about Pfaff’s, a 19th century Bohemian hang-out in New York City, I look at five women who wrote.
Read MoreThe Women at Pfaff's
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For about five years, in the last 1850s and early 1860s, Pfaff’s was the place to be. Who were the women there?
Read MoreInauguration of 1861
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This past week, I’ve been thinking a lot about Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861.
Read MoreSemi-Intersecting Lives in mid-1840s New York City: Margaret Fuller, Mathew Brady, and Edgar Allen Poe
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The lives of Margaret Fuller, Mathew Brady, and Edgar Allen Poe—in a compressed bit of Manhattan and a compressed bit of time.
Read MoreRenaming Army Bases: Long Overdue, On the Cusp
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Will the 10 remaining Army bases named for Confederates finally be renamed? As of mid-December, the bill awaits the president’s signing or veto.
Read MoreHarriet Jacobs, Teacher
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Harriet Jacobs started a school in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1864. It wasn’t easy.
Read MoreBack to School--in the 1840s and 1850s
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Starting the school year—the 1844-45 school year, that is.
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