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Black Employees and Exclusive Spaces: The Dickinson Campus in the Late 19th Century

Posted by Cooper Wingert  Published in Dickinson & Slavery

This student essay was written in summer 2019 just before the release of the Dickinson & Slavery report. In the late 19th Century, students at Dickinson College inevitably crossed paths with the college’s African-American employees. Some were former slaves and Civil War veterans, but nearly all were fixtures of campus life. Janitors brought firewood to […]

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Aug

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Friend or Foe: Nineteenth Century Dickinson College Students’ Perception of Their Janitors

Posted by Becca Stout  Published in Dickinson & Slavery

This student essay was written in summer 2019 just before the release of the Dickinson & Slavery report. When the enslavement of black people was constitutional, when the bloodiest war in American history was fought over the human rights of African Americans, when the Reconstruction of the divided nation furthered racial barriers, the janitors of Dickinson […]

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Aug

18

Teaching Gettysburg: New Classroom Resources

Posted by Matthew Pinsker  Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Lesson Plans, Maps, Places to Visit, Recent News

Over the years, we have built up an array of special online resources designed to assist with teaching the story of Gettysburg, but this summer, we’ve done some of our best work yet on this front.  Our 2018 interns –Frank Kline, Becca Stout, and Cooper Wingert– have organized a series of fascinating posts that tackle […]

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