Author: Ashish Machnoorkonda

https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/chm_museum/id/2141 In my final revision and reflection, I have chosen to reattempt Week 7 blog and change my topic in its entirety. A few days after when I submitted the museum label blog, I stumbled upon a material object that I found in one of […]

In this week’s blog, I am sharing with you all the information of slavery in the united states in the decade of 1810-1820. I have had the opportunity to work with well-recorded data, categorized for easier recognition. My research question: Which state had a greater […]

I have chosen the “Funerals” theme from “Documenting the American South”. My reason for selecting Funerals was to know whether the Slaves reserved the right to bury (or other rituals) their dead just like the slaveholders. I have selected 4 (4 out of 5) text […]

I chose the Artifact known as the Housewife https://moconfederacy.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/AB8ED683-F518-4DB1-91A9-866554301880 The Housewife was layered with a waterproof canvas containing three inner silk pockets that depicted what almost looked like the First National, Bonnie Blue, and Second National Confederate flags respectively. One of the pockets consisted of […]

Learning through Visualization was certainly interesting to work with. I have chosen to make a data map to demonstrate the census related to slavery in the 1840s’. I have tried to include a comparison between the White population and the ‘Non-White’ population who were treated […]

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I chose section B for review   First Website ‘Freedom on the Move’ is visually comforting to a person who is about to research history. It is accessible, the home page has good content and displays the “About” of the project, their team, Institutions, funding […]

The two Omeka items I created are: http://omekahst251.jenniferandrella.com/admin/items/show/19        http://omekahst251.jenniferandrella.com/admin/items/show/28         The first one depicts an overseer of slaves holding a whip and beating a slave who is restrained to the ground with chains. A white woman is seen holding […]

Finishing the second week of this course, I have gained more knowledge about US history than in my entire life, mostly by watching movies and reading articles. To my previous knowledge, the slaves were forced to work in the cotton fields and some other labour […]

Hello everyone, I am Ashish. I am currently admitted to Broad College of Business and a recent admit in Supply Chain Management major. Leaving my official introduction aside, I was born and raised in India in a small town named Raichur. Being a family guy, […]