WEB Dubois famously characterized slaves in antebellum US as a proto-proletariat, chiefly among Black urban craftsmen. But it fell to others such as Stephen Hahn (196) and Stephanie McCurry (197) to say pretty explicitly the Civil War was a slave rebellion. Yes, they back into it with statements like this "Historians....have shied away from any description of the Civil War as a slave rebellion."
On 211, the author concludes it was Blacks themselves who transformed the US war aims from unity of the states to emancipation of the slaves. This seems like a striking overreach for the evidence he gives.
Just one article. It would take a Darnton to track down how this thinking migrates into the popular culture, where I've seen it many times. Will report on sightings.
Sure. This has come up not as a formal assertion, but as window-dressing in a number of interviews, comments, and such. Kind of like the gayness of Hitler meme that actually got on major network news about 10 years ago. Will track it down.
And I promise not to take the easy way out, that is to call a news-maker with a leading question.
It is now commonly understood among many members of the 1619 community that the US Civil War was basically a slave rebellion.
Can you point me to a specific example? Inquiring minds want to know!
Much in this article lends itself to be taken out of context, and points to that understanding. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43525589?mag=did-black-rebellion-win-the-civil-war&seq=1
WEB Dubois famously characterized slaves in antebellum US as a proto-proletariat, chiefly among Black urban craftsmen. But it fell to others such as Stephen Hahn (196) and Stephanie McCurry (197) to say pretty explicitly the Civil War was a slave rebellion. Yes, they back into it with statements like this "Historians....have shied away from any description of the Civil War as a slave rebellion."
On 211, the author concludes it was Blacks themselves who transformed the US war aims from unity of the states to emancipation of the slaves. This seems like a striking overreach for the evidence he gives.
Just one article. It would take a Darnton to track down how this thinking migrates into the popular culture, where I've seen it many times. Will report on sightings.
Sure. This has come up not as a formal assertion, but as window-dressing in a number of interviews, comments, and such. Kind of like the gayness of Hitler meme that actually got on major network news about 10 years ago. Will track it down.
And I promise not to take the easy way out, that is to call a news-maker with a leading question.