Tag Archives: sources
Assignment due 5/16
1) Visit the September 11 Digital Archive. 2) Read the Brier and Brown article manuscript, accesible through the password protected Readings tab. 3) Respond to this post with at least one substantial (2-3 paragraph) comment comparing the goals of the … Continue reading
… and this time, They Riot!!!
According to the Bernstein reading, the Draft Riot began as a demonstration on the morning of July 13 and expanded into the catastrophic event we read about. It stated that those who were targeted, were the black folks and the … Continue reading
Slavery in Two Looks
The readings and website both cover a similar topic, slavery. Each source talks about the abolishment of slavery and the problems with slavery. The readings such as White’s don’t really go into the past of slavery like the website does. … Continue reading
Source it Out!
Typically portrayed in a negative light by many historians of its time, Five Points, modern day New York City’s Chinatown, is shown in its true essence in Tyler Anbinder’s detailed account of the infamous 19th Century neighborhood describing the many … Continue reading
Sources are Awesome
Evening Post: It was a newspaper of that time, which would be considered a primary source. The source would be quite trustworthy regarding actual events that took place. With regards to writings which are a little more opinionated, the print … Continue reading
Where did you get that from?
1. The eleventh annual report of the New York Association for improving the condition of the poor- This would be a primary source because this annual report is from the actual time period, not written from the years after it … Continue reading
Points from Five Points
One source used in Andbinder’s Five Points is: Trench, Realties of Irish Life, 122-124; it is a set of memoirs written by William Steuart Trench, depicting the sufferings of the Lansdowne’s tenants starting from the start of the famine. He … Continue reading
5 Points
1. The Evening Post This is a primary source. The Evening Post provides exact dates and a lot of information, so it seems reliable. 2. Gilje’s The Road to Mobocracy: Popular Disorder in New York City, 1763-1834 Gilje’s writing is … Continue reading
Five points….a hell mouth
Source 1… The Eleventh Annual Report of the New York Assoication for Improving the Condition of the Poor ( NY, 1854) I would say that this is a Primary source because it is coming directly from the people in the neighborhood and witness … Continue reading
The Five Points – Immigration O Immigration
Tyler Anbinder’s “Five Points” describes the city like never before. Illustrating the impact of immigrants on the five points of New York such as on China Town, Abinder is able to identify a declining New York; he is able to … Continue reading