Monday, June 9, 2025

Sally Hemings in Paris, 2025, part 1

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  I was in Paris a couple of weeks ago for a few days. Long story short, this was my third trip, we meant to be there longer, but other thin...
Saturday, June 7, 2025

Sister Sarah; or, what became of Sarah Bailey

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On a sidequest of a sidequest of a sidequest, I discovered that Ancestry.com now has ship manifests of the New Orleans slave trade. Out of c...
Thursday, June 5, 2025

The Probable Next Project; or, Going to Get My People (if I can figure out how)

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  Last fall I finally saw the National African-American History Museum of the Smithsonian. Quite a stellar collection and permanent exhibit ...
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Why HER?

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 "Why would you waste your time on her?" someone asked me when I began my work on Sally Hemings. Sure, he said, she had some impor...
Monday, September 9, 2024

IPPH Defining Fathers Legacy Series: Frederick Douglass on September 14, 2024

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 Just when you think the 15 minutes of fame is long over, you get an e-mail that you don't think is supposed to be for you, but it is. Y...
Saturday, September 7, 2024

Four Years Later

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 So there was a pandemic, then teaching in a pandemic, then the death of another parent, then writing another book through it all, which bri...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Marshall Center Webinar on Frederick Douglass, Sept. 24-25, 2020

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  This Thursday and Friday, September 24-25, 2020, the Marshall Center in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Rich...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

Park, Teaching, Research, etc.

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 This semester started well. The preparation, on the other hand, became an ever-moving nightmare of rearrangement of planning, each part of ...
Saturday, August 15, 2020

Frederick Douglass Airport Soon

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 My goodness, time flies. These days, as the semester approaches, and the college administration sends e-mail that update e-mails to which h...
Monday, August 3, 2020

Beverly Hemings, the Balloon Man

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Too much has interfered with my musings here. I started chapter 1 in earnest. I had a birthday, which I always believe should be celebrated ...
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