For our second week of class, we discussed the introduction, first, and second chapters from Carl Schermerhorn’s book. We covered slavery’s role in the American Revolution, how it not only made up much of America’s economy but also had an impact on practically […]

This week’s content focused primarily on the history of slavery and the unexplainable treatment towards enslaved people. My previous education of slavery did talk about the violent and incomprehensible treatment of enslaved people, which I am very grateful in knowing. It is beyond important to […]

I think an interesting research question would be:  How did The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807, impact the long term goals of abolition?    This is an interesting question for me because I think it would be interesting to explore catalysts of abolition, […]

Historical Thinking; Blog 2 This weeks reading was definitely something new and different in our blog post number 2. It gave us as readers more in depth look into slavery and it was definitely something unlike anything else I had read. It’s been interesting getting […]

This week, we learned a lot about slavery and its origins including when the first slaves arrived and how long slavery lasted in the United States and Europe. I was very interested in learning about the opinions of slavery between the north and south in […]

Although we have just finished our first week of class, I have already gained lots of interesting insights and knowledge on the history of slavery. I took a few courses that touched on the history of slavery when I was in high school, but it […]

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 […]

“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 […]

Hello, my name is Griffin Frendo and I am a computational data science major. This is my second year at MSU. I am from a small town in Metro Detroit called Clawson.  I enjoy everything Detroit and Michigan State sports. Outside of class, I enjoy […]

Introduction-Alexander Morton IV       Hey y’all, my name is Alexander Morton and here is a brief summary of myself. My hometown is Saint Clair, Michigan, on the east side of the state. I am 18 years old and currently a professional racing driver. […]