Hamilton’s America
The first time I ever heard of the play “Hamilton” was on the radio. It referred to as this hip-hop version of the story of Alexander Hamilton. Since I am not a fan of hip-hop music I basically disregarded the Read More …
Month: October 2016
Digital History Site Analysis: Ottawa’s Eyewitness
Ottawa’s Eyewitness is a digital history site that focuses of the landscape artwork of Thomas Burrowes. Between the years of 1826 and 1846, Burrowes was as a civil employee working on Rideau Canal project. The canal project linked the city Read More …
What is an Atlantic City?
The theme for our class this time is “What is an Atlantic City?” Before I started reading the two articles, my idea of an Atlantic city was one of the cities or towns that had direct access with the Atlantic Read More …
Excuse Me…Would You Like a Little Slavery With your Sugar?
In the beginning of chapter six of The Atlantic World, we are introduced to the narrative of Al Haji Seku Momodou Darbo. According to Egerton et al., Darbo’s ancestors were one of the contributors who sold slaves to Europeans which Read More …
Final Project Proposal
From the project choices I posted during Week Five, I plan on researching the how the American Civil War changed cotton trade between the American South and the European counties of Great Britain and France. Before the American Civil War, Read More …
Successes in Early Colonial Affairs and African Migration
Based upon the initial reading of the Introduction to the Jamestown Project by Karen Kupperman and the Ecological Perspectives on the Mande Population Movements… by George E Brooks, one would think that these two readings have nothing in common. After Read More …
