Slavery
Eliza Lucas Pinckney Gets the (Indigo) Blues
Let’s get this out of the way up front: Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793) owned enslaved people, and it was her exploitation of their labor that made her achievements as an agricultural innovator possible. Eliza Lucas was born on Antigua, which was then part of the British Leeward Islands, where she grew up on one of…
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From the Archives: Running From Bondage: A Q & A with Dr. Karen Cook
As Juneteenth and America 250 intersect, I’m returning to a book and an interview that led me to think about the American Revolution from the perspective of enslaved women perspective. It changed some of the ways I thought about the freedom, slavery, and the formation of my country. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸. 🇺🇸. 🇺🇸 It is…
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Road Trip Through History: Historic Fort Snelling
For anyone who missed the memo, My Own True Love and I spent last week in the Twin Cities, finishing up the last bit of our multi-year exploration of the Great River Road. It was wonderful. We enjoyed lots of history-nerdery, learned some amazing stories,(1) and danced to a local Cajun band(2)—a perfect way to…
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