Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
2-16-2011
Department 1
Civil War Era Studies
Abstract
Browsing the provocative blog "Jubilo! The Emancipation Century" recently, I came upon a post featuring a curious YouTube video.
So why did Bid 'Em In speak so deeply to me? I think it's because it places you in the shoes of the 15 year old slave woman being auctioned. It's not an intellectual investigation of slavery. It's not an historical narrative written after the fact of a particular event. It's visceral. [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Rudy, John M., "Why It's Interpretive: Bid 'Em In" (2011). Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public. 220.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/interpretcw/220
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Comments
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public is written by alum and adjunct professor, John Rudy. Each post is his own opinions, musings, discussions, and questions about the Civil War era, public history, historical interpretation, and the future of history. In his own words, it is "a blog talking about how we talk about a war where over 600,000 died, 4 million were freed and a nation forever changed. Meditating on interpretation, both theory and practice, at no charge to you."