First off, I would like to recognize this class for the amazing opportunities it has brought, and every tool it has introduced me to that allowed me to expound on my skills to manipulate data. In the world we live in today, where our lives […]
Author: Mason Martin
Blog Post 9 (Data Visualization)
I’ve decided to compare the data between all nonwhite enslaved people to all nonwhite people who were free due to the curiosity of which states had the largest ratio difference of the two. I decided to roll with a grouped column chart as it displays […]
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 […]
Mason Martin – Introduction
Hello, my name is Mason Martin and this is my sophomore year at Michigan State. I’m a business major and am currently striving to get into the Eli Broad College of Business and am also a striving recording artist. I’m excited to talk about the […]