Ed Hagerty's definitive biography of Richard Anderson just hit the warehouse and can be purchased from @uscpress.bsky.social Anderson's war spanned firing on Ft. Sumter to the surrender at Appomattox--the whole career of Confederate cause can be assessed through his life. #CivilWarHistory #AmHist
They say "Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over." And thus we begin /u/hatari_bwana’s #ThrowbackThursday story on the birth of Arizona’s Navy! Read about it on AskHistorians. #NavalHist #AmHist
Has a US president ever came out and said the state of the Union is bad in their SOTU address?
(From Franklin Pierce to James Buchanan, /u/secessionisillegal discusses some Presidents who foresaw troubling times.) #Skystorians #AmHist
#BlackHistoryMonth #booksky #Giveaway
Win a copy of Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White - this #book recovers the history and humanity of a free Black sailor who was kidnapped and died at sea on a Confederate ship.
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You can read Stephen Angell's 'Sarah Mapps Douglass and Sojourner Truth: Intersections of Religion, Race, Gender and Social Class' for free in the latest issue of #QuakerStudies
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"Were brothels and prostitution as ubiquitous in the American West as Hollywood suggests?
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"The #Civilwar the South and the Founding Fathers
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"What version of the bible was most popular in the #19thC US
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"The #history of "Globalism" as a dog whistle.
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"How did the #AmericanRevolution affect every day life?
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"How could the American Founding Fathers fight for the freedom of all men and allow #slavery? www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments... #amhist"
"Jefferson, the Federalists, and the #Warof1812 reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments... #AmHist"
"What's the history of gun ownership in America? https://redd.it/4o8ckt #AmHist AK_OK"
"Why did the "Founding Fathers" allow slavery in the USA against their stated values? https://redd.it/4o0uu9 #AmHist #AfAmHistory #AmRev"
"How were American slaves converted to Christianity? https://redd.it/4naxpk #HistReligion #AfAmHistory #AmHist"
"How was rape viewed in #19thc America? https://redd.it/4nbhzh #CrimeHistory #HistGender #AmHist"
"Did #BenedictArnold ever regret joining the British? https://redd.it/4mjp43 #AmHist #RevAm"
"What were the consequences of being caught enslaving people in a state where it was illegal? https://redd.it/4m2ypd #AmHist #LegalHist"
"What sort of weapons would people carry in an American city around 1776? https://redd.it/4l2c7u #AmHist #UrbanHist"
"Was the US Army defeating the #Sioux necessary in the Great Sioux War? https://redd.it/4kn8yy #NatAmHist #AmHist #MilHist"
"How were political campaigns funded in the time of Abe Lincoln? https://redd.it/4kkkes #AmHist #PoliHist AK_OK"
"When was segregation of schools "really" over in America? https://redd.it/4hd4u7 #AmHist #AfAmHist #BlackHistory #EdHist"
"Is the testimony of #WesleyNorris authentic? https://redd.it/4g76bk #SlaveryHistory #AmHist"
"When did the idea of Native Americans being a "wronged people" come about in America? https://redd.it/4f8ei2 #AmHist"
RT askhistorians "How did North American captivity narratives evolve over time? https://redd.it/4e1hep #AmHist #ListHist"
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RT askhistorians "How did an average American become a tanker in #WW2? https://redd.it/48ctth #AmHist #MilHist"
RT askhistorians "AMA today! AnnLarabee is fielding questions about the history of gun rights in America! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments... #AmHist …
