Nearly 1 in 4 white Southern men died. 260,000 to 300,000. The Confederacy was not only a slaveholders’ republic; it was a racial state sustained by mostly those who owned little but their whiteness. When the war ended, that grammar did not disappear. It reorganized—into law, violence, and resistance—long after the uniforms were gone.
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Image: A group of Confederates pose in Richmond, Va., before the Battle of First Bull Run (Manassas) in July 1861. Time/Granger Collection

Nearly 1 in 4 white Southern men died. 260,000 to 300,000. The Confederacy was not only a slaveholders’ republic; it was a racial state sustained by mostly those who owned little but their whiteness. When the war ended, that grammar did not disappear. It reorganized—into law, violence, and resistance—long after the uniforms were gone.
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Image: A group of Confederates pose in Richmond, Va., before the Battle of First Bull Run (Manassas) in July 1861. Time/Granger Collection

After the events of Jan. 6, 2021, we sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users during the riot at the Capitol.

Then we created an interactive database that lets you sort through the footage.

See the full collection here: https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Jan6 #Insurrection #Trump #Video #History #Data #Archive

Does anybody have a good recommendation for a book about the history of cooking ingredients? For example I'd love to read about how onions came to travel the world and be a staple in nearly every type of cooking.

#books #history