Thread by @calhistorian

@cortexfutura I saw you retweeted some colorized photos. And I agree with the OPs comments. It is a shift in mindset that I use in my history classes all the time. In particular, for American history, the “Civil War” was only 150 yrs ago. that is only really 3-4 generations

Or 2-3 lifetimes. And in fact. The last “Confederate" widow (the opposition to the government) died in the 90s or 2000s (Granted she married a very old man when she was very young). But the colorized pictures bring so much more to the mind.

Its actually very creepy for me, since I have a deep historical memory.

The dead especially (first major American conflict photographed extensively).

So much more personal.. This is clearly a function of some interesting psychological trickery on our modern brain.

And on of my favs of course. [[Frederick Douglass]]

[[Robert Smalls]] [[South Carolina]] [[Reconstruction]]

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