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For more reading, I recommend Dr. Elizabeth R. Varon's book! #HATM #TheGrayHouse

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Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War (Reconstructing America) Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War (Reconstructing America) [Green, Hilary N., Fields-Black, Edda L.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War (Reconstructing America)

Another book worth checking out is @hngreen.bsky.social Unforgettable Sacrifice #HATM #TheGrayHouse
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One of the things the producers told me was how Ben Vereen was such a powerful advocate on set for what was at stake in getting these stories right. #HATM #TheGrayHouse

White man tearing up the freedom papers of a Black woman in 1860 Richmond.

As hard as it is to watch her freedom papers be torn up, I’m glad they showed this. A pass or freedom papers were only as good as the white man who encountered them. Nothing prevented him from destroying them and doing whatever he wanted. #HATM

Photograph of the great Maggie Walker of Richmond.

Richmond's iconic Maggie Walker was the first Black woman to charter a bank and serve as a bank president. She was born during the Civil War to Elizabeth Draper, who was enslaved by the Van Lews. Walker & Van Lew both lived in Richmond for over 30 yrs & likely knew one another. #HATM #TheGrayHouse

What the F*** Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman

Heather and I had a LOT to say this morning about the attack on Iran.

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Middle school for me in Texas.
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Director Roland Joffe told me he questioned his right as a "white dude" to tell enslaved and women's histories, but felt that this was ultimately a global story. #HATM #TheGrayHouse

Cover of book “Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: the True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy.” It has an image of Van Lew and an image of Richmond from the Civil War. The book is by Elizabeth R. Varon

I’m so excited!!! #HATM

Is Elizabeth Varon on Bluesky? I haven’t found her yet.

This is kind of an appropriate selection for this evening when one thinks about it . Segues from Black History Month into Women’s History Month. #HATM

Reminder that the issue of slavery in the US's new Western territories was a key cause of the sectional crisis that led up to the war.

Additional reminder that most of that land remained under the control of Native people until after the war.

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You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to … From journalist Paul Kix, the riveting story, never bef…

I can’t remember who recommended it last week, but the talk about cotton production earlier is making me think about a section of this book that discusses Birmingham

(Thank you to the person who recommended it! I’m learning a lot!)

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This set up wasn’t uncommon in the American colonies & then the early republic. A widow could inherit for her use but only until her death when “property” passed on to the true heir. #HATM

YouTube video by MS NOW 'He's a felon!': Morgan Freeman excoriates Trump, discusses new Civil War series 'The Gray House'

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There was no Richmond Chronicle in the Civil War era - just the Despatch, the Examiner, the Enquirer, the Sentinel, and the Whig. But an editor would have been quite prominent. #hatm

"No reasonable person wants war." Unfortunately, we do not often elect leaders for how "reasonable" they are. #TheGrayHouse #HATM

I went through 20,000 pages of 1850s and 1860s newspapers for my dissertation and book. Oh my, it was an experience.

My favorite quote: an 1869 conservative paper called WV's ratification of the 15th Amendment "the act of a hog and horse thieving legislature." Ouch.

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To be clear, Elizabeth Van Lew's father did NOT emancipate them when he died. He left his enslaved people to his wife Eliza. He later added a codicil revoking her full control saying they were to pass to their children upon her death. #HATM

Link to his will:
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The idea that we’re a republic and not a democracy is a rhetorical fallacy.
The failures in our country & it’s less than representative features are our fault- not that of long dead founders.

See also the Democratic Republican Party founded by Jefferson & Madison. #HATM

I'm working on it! Y'all keep doing the awesome job y'all are doing to share and promote the pod and we'll get more and more actors and filmmakers on the podcast. We're knocking at the door now, thanks to #HATM #TheGrayHouse

Thank you for your assistance with the show. Follow because of the @herberthistory.bsky.social shout-out.
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For all of you watching #TheGrayHouse with #hatm glad you’re joying the show and I appreciate the new follows because of it!

Frederika Bremer did indeed visit the Van Lews in 1851. Elizabeth Varon wrote that Bremer was immediately taken with Elizabeth Van Lew and her compassion for enslaved people. #HATM

Ooo... John Bell shout-out!

Bell was the 4th candidate in the election of 1860. He was part of the newly created Constitutional Union Party... their position on slavery was basically "shhhh, let's not talk about it."

They took TN, KY, and VA. #HATM

Elizabeth Van Lew - Wikipedia

I don’t remember the name from school (we may have learned about her), but just saw Elizabeth Van Lew was a real person

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Henry Highland Garnet - Wikipedia

Henry Highland Garnet has arrived. #HATM #TheGrayHouse episode 2, 18 mins. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_H...

Yeah, that distressed me. And was the first time I'd seen a duel on horseback as well.
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@herberthistory.bsky.social Ben Vereen here. Watching with my daughter Kabara, who’s doing the typing. Hoping you’re enjoying the show. #HATM

The show is fantastic. Thank you for checking in and thanks to Kabara.
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