Author: Josie Sebald

My favorite tool to use this semester was definitely Flourish. I’m glad that we got to use it twice because it was interesting to see all the data laid out in a chart/map. Using Flourish made it a lot easier to visualize the data I […]

For this analysis of data, I decided to look at the census of people in 1850 since it is the most recent dataset provided. My research question is this: How many non-whites were enslaved compared to those free? Why were certain groups free/enslaved? Does it […]

For this post, I decided to look at the more religious side of slavery, primarily focusing on the religious views of the slaveholders. Many slaveholders were religious but did they truly believe that God approved of the fact that they owned slaves? I opened a […]

Evening Dress (c. 1857-1935) This beautiful hand-quilted silk/satin/fur coat was made by Louvenia Price, a woman who was born enslaved in Massachusetts. She worked as a dressmaker even after she was emancipated, and made this coat for her own use. It has a pocket, which […]

For my data map, I chose to display the amount of nonwhite enslaved people from ages 36-54 versus the nonwhite free people in the same age group in the year 1830. The map is small, but it still gives us a lot of information. What […]

Here’s the link to my podcast, where I talk about my general views on slavery and focus on a specific story I found interesting:

For this assignment, I created two posts on Omeka. The first one is called “The Representation of the Brig ‘Vigilante,’” and it is a picture depicting the amount of enslaved persons that can be packed onto a ship that brings them across the Middle Passage […]

The websites I chose are about the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site. Frederick Douglass is “one of the most prominent African Americans in the 19th century.” Both the websites document the life of Douglass through images, texts, descriptions, and more. The first website (https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/frederick-douglass-national-historic-site) has […]

The readings so far have been very fascinating. It is interesting to hear about the actual history of how slaves were treated and valued, as this wasn’t anything I had previously heard about or been taught in high school. I thought it was interesting how […]

Hello everyone, my name is Josie Sebald. I am a transferring sophomore at MSU and I plan to major in Games and Interactive Media. I enjoy playing video games, hanging out with my friends, drawing, watching TV, and listening to music. My dream is to […]