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+ abigail adams, Constitution, declaration of independence, history, james madison, John adams, Montpiller, slavery, thomas jefferson, Uncategorized, united states

What Do Our Founding Documents Tell Us About Ourselves?

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Of the first 18 Presidents of the United States, 12, at some point in their lives, enslaved individuals, and 8 enslaved individuals during their presidency. James Madison, the 4th President of the United States and the Father of the Constitution, was one of the latter, enslaving over 100 individuals before, during, and after his time in office. In his will, in 1835, Madison wrote, … Read More What Do Our Founding Documents Tell Us About Ourselves?

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+ brown v board of education, civil rights, history, politics, slavery, william faulkner

We Are Not Removed from Our Past

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Over the past week or so, I have seen multiple people on my social media feeds post this timeline. I don’t know who originated it, or who wrote it. However, I do know that almost every semester I construct my own timeline and break it down in class, usually going back to the end of the Civil War. When doing this, I break it … Read More We Are Not Removed from Our Past

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+ american history, comics, graphic memoir, graphic novels, history, hugo Martínez, rebecca hall, slavery

Retrieving History in Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez’s “Wake”

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Over the last couple of posts, I’ve been looking at Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez’s Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts. Today, I want to conclude this series by looking at some of the panels in the last chapter of Wake. Entitled “Ancestry in Progress,” the final chapter brings together the threads that Hall and Martínez weave throughout the text, and as I have discussed previously, … Read More Retrieving History in Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez’s “Wake”

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Layouts in Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez’s “Wake”

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Last post, I wrote about the ways that Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez’s Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts uses the juxtaposition of text and image to highlight the continued ways that past impacts the present. Today, I want to continue that discussion and expand it some by focusing specifically on some of Martínez’s layouts. From the opening of Wake to its … Read More Layouts in Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez’s “Wake”

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