The digital history creation from a previous week that I am choosing to expand on is the podcast. Though this assignment took longer to complete than any of the other blog posts, it was still my favorite one to do. This came as a huge […]
Author: Grant Middler
Blog Post 9
https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/4575163/ (It would not show up as a visual for some reason.) The research question I formed was: is there a significant change in the number of free and enslaved people from 1790 to 1820? Flourish was great in taking the data I had to […]
Blog Post 8
For this Voyant blog assignment I chose to pick a source from the North American Slave Database. I was particularly interested in the topic of marriage in relation to slavery. The research question I developed from this is: “What types of restrictions are held between […]
Blog Post 7
https://moconfederacy.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/A3ABA344-A469-4666-8A1D-099722820634 Label: One of a pair (2) of silk (satin?) slippers, women’s. Consisting of leather outsole with a 1/2 inch wooden heel; satin upper lined with possible linen or cotton hemmed with a running stitch; no toe box; possible wooden counter covered with the satin […]
Blog Post 4
For this blog post, I chose to review the websites under option D. “Revisiting Rebellion: Nat Turner in the American Imagination” This website provided a little bit of information on Nat Turner’s Rebellion in August of 1831. The execution of the website has its strengths […]
Blog Post 3
Source 1: http://omekahst251.jenniferandrella.com/items/show/32 The first source I have chosen is a painting called “Extracting a Chigger”. In this picture, we see a black woman tending to a white man’s chigger on his foot in a tavern. In the background, we can see a white man […]
Blog 2
There was a lot of great material in these readings, making it difficult for us to choose a topic for a research question. I have, however, come to a consensus of what I want mine to be. My research question is : “Why were the […]
Introduction – Grant Middler
My name is Grant Middler. I’m a first year student at Michigan State University, although technically speaking I’m not a freshman. I was apart of the Early College of Macomb in high school, so I already have over sixty college credits under my belt coming […]
