Today on @BlkPerspectives, @rachelzellars interviews historian Richard Blackett about his new #book, The Captive’s Quest for Freedom: Fugitive Slaves, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, and the Politics of Slavery (@CambridgeUP, 2018) -- https://t.co/Z88fvKr6HW #Slavery#Race
“Students have little difficulty placing themselves in the shoes of Giovanni Caboto, despite the historical gulf between them. Figures such as Tecumseh, Pueblo berdaches, and Lowell factory girls provide a greater challenge.” - (1/2) https://t.co/y1Y5xHVhOY
Mercury Rev's ambitious recreation of Bobbie Gentry's 'The Delta Sweete' features a cast of women vocalists gifted at pondering both interior and exterior worlds from a remove. Hear "Sermon" featuring @MissMargoPrice. https://t.co/Dggh1rOpVb
Yesterday my students debated if #AmRev was more liberating or restricting to women based on changing fashion. Great discussion ending with a contemporary fashion debate #VastEarlyAmerica