#Historians

Well, I was writing a thread about the Crown. But then I fear that whatever one says, will be twisted as 'bashing the Crown'. Last year, I said that the
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Slavery was abolished in the Cape on this day in 1834. Slavery had been in existence for 176 years. Slave owners were compensated for this "loss of labour" (the audacity)
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Memory is a very different thing from record. I used to keep a detailed diary, and I'm always struck that I didn't even mention some of the moments that stick
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For #ScholarStrike, a short starter list to get you going on #decolonizing your syllabus for the US history classroom (please add!) #twitterstorians Think about what periodization really means. Are you
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A few thoughts on Phil Spector and his ‘tainted’ legacy. A short thread-ette by me Ann Elk. Which I thought of myself. Htt hmm. My thoughts will now begin. 1/5
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No more Bartolomeo Platina! Now we get to move on to a document that I'm still trying to figure out, quite simply because it's so beautiful and tantalizing. It's also
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What's hilarious about tweets like these is that they ignore every word the Confederacy wrote about itself. The Confederate Constitution made it clear the war was about the "right" to
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If a living person described in nonfiction is rich enough to pay for a lawsuit, their depiction was almost always edited to appease them, while poor people just have to
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DinĂ© didn’t have chiefs, there were people who were considered leaders for some clan groups but they couldn’t claim leadership for others even if they were extensions of the same
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Republican lawmakers in at least five states have introduced legislation that threatens to cut funding to schools that share curriculum about the award-winning 1619 Project.It previews new battles in states
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“Many historians claim that no one did more to unify the country after the war than Lee” claims @kappaalphaorder. Which historians? I’ll wait...as a historian I can tell you he
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I got an email from the Indivisible group today, with their explanation of why they support the Defund the Police movement. The email contained so much BS that I felt
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I have spent nearly 50 years reading about the Waterloo campaign. The photo below (Quatre Bras at the top, Ligny below) shows the position early pm on 16 June as
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Thinking lot abt how historians/social scientists sometimes describe certain political outcomes as "unintended consequences," using archival evidence found in personal/government-preserved papers as proof of an actor's alleged
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Well if you are teaching any US history, the newly released “1776 Report” will be a frightening reminder of the manipulation of history. It will also be a good tool
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European historians use a comparative notion of “balance of probabilities” when claiming knowledge transmission from Europe (Greece) to #India, but insist on the absolute notion of “beyond all reasonable doubt”
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