From the Declaration of Independence: He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
yep. they wanted that land. We are definitely NOT taught about that particular complaint against King George, the “tyrant.” And it wasn’t in Hamilton either.
And by the way, Euroamericans captured by NDNs didn't want - expressly resisted being returned to - the Euro's. See The White Indians of Colonial America by James Axtell. The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan., 1975), pp. 55-88
Even when being spoon fed the feel good story of The Founders I suspected that I was being hoodwinked. Unfortunately, the way history is taught to American kids seldom leads to anyone being interested enough to look behind the curtain. It’s all memorize and regurgitate until graduation and then never again. I will forever hate that I didn’t delve deeper into our origin story. Oh, how I wish I had become a n historian
I was surprised that there were different views of slavery held by white people so long ago. My impression from school was "that's just what was done" practically up to the Civil War.
Also, hearing from Black historians about a period that is so...white-centric? It makes me wonder what's appealing to them about this part of history. But I'm trying to keep an open mind 'cause there's so much I wasn't taught!
On the second point about Black historians, I think the appeal is that the period was NOT so white-centric. Definitely dominated by that worldview but the contributions from non-white folks were immense so Black historians are showing up to help tell that and to apply an addition perspective to the common narrative. Plus they likely just want to understand how we (Black folks) ended up where we are!
From the Declaration of Independence: He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
yep. they wanted that land. We are definitely NOT taught about that particular complaint against King George, the “tyrant.” And it wasn’t in Hamilton either.
And by the way, Euroamericans captured by NDNs didn't want - expressly resisted being returned to - the Euro's. See The White Indians of Colonial America by James Axtell. The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan., 1975), pp. 55-88
I love that you brought up Dawn of Everything -- I had the same thought!
Even when being spoon fed the feel good story of The Founders I suspected that I was being hoodwinked. Unfortunately, the way history is taught to American kids seldom leads to anyone being interested enough to look behind the curtain. It’s all memorize and regurgitate until graduation and then never again. I will forever hate that I didn’t delve deeper into our origin story. Oh, how I wish I had become a n historian
I hear that George. AND never too late to start digging. We’ve all got lots to learn we never knew about
I was surprised that there were different views of slavery held by white people so long ago. My impression from school was "that's just what was done" practically up to the Civil War.
Also, hearing from Black historians about a period that is so...white-centric? It makes me wonder what's appealing to them about this part of history. But I'm trying to keep an open mind 'cause there's so much I wasn't taught!
On the second point about Black historians, I think the appeal is that the period was NOT so white-centric. Definitely dominated by that worldview but the contributions from non-white folks were immense so Black historians are showing up to help tell that and to apply an addition perspective to the common narrative. Plus they likely just want to understand how we (Black folks) ended up where we are!
That makes sense!