Author: Mecca Muhammad

I want to start my reflection off by saying how great of an opportunity it was to take this class. I wanted to thank you for sharing your knowledge in this class and also allowing us to be introduced to different materials, sources, and apps […]

Link to Flourish Map For this week I decided that my research topic for this week would be discussing the difference between nonwhite enslaved individuals and nonwhite free individuals in the 1840’s.  The building of this map was a bit challenging as I would like […]

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2015.222.8?destination=edan-search/collection_search%3Fpage%3D3%26edan_q%3D%252A%253A%252A%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_fq%255B0%255D%3Dtopic%253A%2522Slavery%2522 This artifact is a picture of Sergeant Jacob Johns seated. Johns was part of the 19th United States Colored Infantry that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. This regiment was composed of African American Enlisted men, from the Eastern Shore. […]

https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/4648750/ Geospatial visualization and analysis can change how we look at historical questions by allowing for questions and their answers to be shown up as maps, data graphs, etc. It encourages the readers and the audience to look at it from a different standpoint as […]

I really enjoyed creating a podcast and discussing topics relevant to our class.

I picked website pair D to review. The first website is titled “Revisiting Rebellion: Nat Turner in the American Imagination” (https://americanantiquarian.org/NatTurner/). Upon entering the website, at first glance, it looks super easy and simple to read. The home had three short paragraphs and was very […]

http://omekahst251.jenniferandrella.com/admin/items/show/id/54 The visual document I selected was titled “Insurrection on Board a Slave Ship.” There is a sense of hypocrisy in the title itself. The word insurrection meaning uprising or rebellion was used against the enslaved Africans on the slave ship. There was an uprising […]

We learned a lot about slavery and its roots during the second week of class, including the topic of when the first slaves came and how long slavery has existed in the U.S. and Europe. The readings this week have been super informative and helpful […]

Hi, my name is Mecca Muhammad and I am a junior at MSU this year. I am currently working on obtaining a dual degree while being on a pre-med track. My first major is in Kinesiology with a minor in Health Promotion. My second major […]