Concerning History

Tag: Slavery

A Preponderance of Gold: Julian Fellowes’ The Gilded Age

Post author By the Staff
Post date March 13, 2023

Missing Ingredients: Historical Elision and the Assassins’ Creed Franchise

The modern remains of the famous Parthenon, a temple to Athens' patron goddess built with the proceeds of its defensive league-turned-empire.

Post author By Bryan Caswell
Post date March 6, 2023

Gaining our Bearings: Historical Scale & Its Implications

HANDOUT - Enslaved workers working for Confederate forces during Civil War.(Courtesy of The Civil War in America from the Illustrated London News: A Joint Project by Sandra J. Still, Emily E. Katt, Collection Management, and the Beck Center of Emory University)

Post author By Francis Butler
Post date February 6, 2023

Based on a True Photograph: Antoine Fuqua’s Emancipation

Post author By the Staff
Post date January 16, 2023

Some Places at Some Times: Lester, Boehme, and Mitchell’s Ruling the World

Post author By Bryan Caswell
Post date January 2, 2023

When Losers Write History: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s Stony the Road

Post author By Bryan Caswell
Post date December 5, 2022

Alpha to Omega: Roderick Beaton’s The Greeks

Post author By Bryan Caswell
Post date November 7, 2022

Walking the Ground: Trails and Tribulations at Kennesaw Mountain

Post author By the Staff
Post date October 3, 2022

Parallels in History Part I: Weimar Germany and the Reconstruction South

J. R. Waud, "The First Vote," November 16, 1867.

Post author By Francis Butler
Post date September 5, 2022