This is a photo of Harriet Jacobs, whose story was used as part of our EdCafe Presentation
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
The EdCafe Experience
EdCafe was different from our normal routine in class. Getting to choose which topic I would like to hear about makes learning about it much more interesting. Although I myself do not enjoy talking in class much, I liked how the discussion kept circulating between the presenters and the attendants. I enjoyed the topics that were presented and learned a thing or two from them all. Presenting wasn't as bad as I thought it would because the discussion seemed like a regular conversation rather than a Socratic seminar type activity because of the small group of people. Overall, this was a unique experience and I would not mind having it again.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Think Like a Historian
Slavery in the U.S. during the 19th century was a very controversial practice due to the northern half of the U.S. opposing it, and the southern half supporting it. The North however, was not totally against slavery. Almost all of the north knew that slavery was morally wrong, but some would still participate in the slave trade against their own principles.
The North had people that participated in the slave trade and also people who opposed it. Some people would go as far as silence anti-slavery movements just so that their town doesn't get a bad reputation with the southern states and lose business. William Lloyd Garrison was actually chased out of Boston when he tried to speak publicly about the abolition of slavery. People in the north knew that slavery was immoral, but they chased a man out of town because they did not want to ruin the reputation of the north to the south.
I would simply publish all of the stories including the one of Garrison in order to show the world how the North was corrupt when it came to slavery. I would include charts like how the North relied on the cotton production of the South, so the North would not want to ruin the relation between them and the South over slavery, and how The Lowell Patriot called people like Garrison "fanatics" for the same reasons. That is how I would share my information with the world.
The North had people that participated in the slave trade and also people who opposed it. Some people would go as far as silence anti-slavery movements just so that their town doesn't get a bad reputation with the southern states and lose business. William Lloyd Garrison was actually chased out of Boston when he tried to speak publicly about the abolition of slavery. People in the north knew that slavery was immoral, but they chased a man out of town because they did not want to ruin the reputation of the north to the south.
I would simply publish all of the stories including the one of Garrison in order to show the world how the North was corrupt when it came to slavery. I would include charts like how the North relied on the cotton production of the South, so the North would not want to ruin the relation between them and the South over slavery, and how The Lowell Patriot called people like Garrison "fanatics" for the same reasons. That is how I would share my information with the world.
Above is a picture of William Lloyd Garrison, an abolitionist who was run out of Boston for speaking out against slavery in public.
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