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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Welcome to Chicago: Choosing the Right Citation Generator
Posted by Becca Stout Published in History OnlineWhile citations are not so difficult to produce, getting the details right can be time consuming, especially for a history student looking to deliver flawless Chicago-style citations. For this reason, many students are increasingly turning to online citation-generators. There are some partially free services from commercial providers, like EasyBib or CitationMachine, and there is at […]
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African Americans Buried at Gettysburg
Posted by Becca Stout Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Lesson Plans, Places to Visit, Reconstruction (1865-1880)For the first twenty years of its existence, there were no black veterans buried in the Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg. That famous military cemetery, where President Lincoln had spoken so eloquently about a “new birth of freedom,” was not integrated until 1884, with the burial of Henry Gooden, an African American Civil War soldier […]
