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Louis Congo: Ex-Slave and Executioner of Louisiana

January 25, 2023January 23, 2023 Menika Dirkson Early Republic, Louis Congo, Louisiana, Punishmnet, slavery

On November 21, 1725, African slave Louis Congo was freed and made a salaried public executioner in Louisiana by the

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“The Families’ Civil War”: An Author’s Response

January 13, 2023January 9, 2023 Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. #FamiliesCivilWar, #Roundtable, Author Response, Black Family, Civil War

This post is part of our online roundtable on Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s The Families’ Civil War. Even though the Civil

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Black Widows and the Struggle for Pensions after the Civil War

January 12, 2023January 6, 2023 Hilary Green #FamiliesCivilWar, #Roundtable, Black Family, Civil War, Pensions, Women

This post is part of our online roundtable on Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s The Families’ Civil War. From enlistment to the

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Military Service and Black Families During the Civil War

January 11, 2023January 6, 2023 Barbara A. Gannon #FamiliesCivilWar, #Roundtable, antebellum, Black Family, Civil War

This post is part of our online roundtable on Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s The Families’ Civil War. Somewhere in America today,

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A Fuller Black History of the Civil War

January 10, 2023January 7, 2023 Robert Greene II #AAIHSRoundtable, #FamiliesCivilWar, Resistance, slavery

This post is part of our online roundtable on Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s The Families’ Civil War. Holly Pinheiro’s The Families’

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