Blog Post #7 – Mason Martin

Museum Label: “These small silver identification anklets were used to mark slaves with a history of escaping. The phenomenon of slaves running away, seeking to gain freedom, is as old as the institution of slavery itself, and those caught would endure extreme and cruel punishment, […]

Week 4 Blog – Mason Martin

Both websites are completely different and stand out in their own way. The website vcdh.virginia.edu does an immaculate job at presenting information on runaway or captured slaves through the different material they strive provide. A heavy strength for this website includes its various ways of […]

Week 2 Blog – Mason Martin

“Historical Thinking” Research question: How has the history of African slavery affected modern society for black people? With this question being posed, I have different options of source material to discover the point of view on slavery and brutality on Africans and African Americans. For […]

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