Memory matters. Who is deemed worthy of remembrance correlates directly to who is allowed to feel they belong, who is protected, and who has rights.
Building a Better Black Box
By Meadow Dibble What you are looking at is a document chest believed to have belonged to Elijah Cobb (1768–1848), one of New England’s most celebrated sea captains and the founding father of my hometown on Cape Cod. You might even call it a 19th-century black box, since the purpose of this object, like that … Continue reading Building a Better Black Box
Went to the Devil: A Yankee Whaler in the Slave Trade by Anthony Connors
Book review for publication in the December 2020 issue of the Journal of American History
