Tag Archives: David W. Blight

Gaines Foster and David Blight: Two Views on the Lost Cause

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Sean Michael Chick

In 1961 the nation celebrated the centennial of the American Civil War with a glorification of battlefield heroics entwined within a narrative of a nation reforged in the fires of war. However, Robert Penn Warren critiqued this vision with The … Continue reading →

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Book Review—Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

Posted on June 24, 2019 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes back guest author Nathan Varnold. Understanding the life of the most famous and most outspoken black abolitionist in American history is no easy task, but David W. Blight has spent most of his career attempting to simplify a … Continue reading →

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