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Americanist Historian & Genocide Scholar. @KeanHistory Adjunct. #Twitterstorian. Cancer Survivor. He/Him.
Apr 16, 2023 16 tweets 6 min read
Ok, kid. Let it not be said that I am not magnanimous.

Sit down. It's time for school. /1 You provide three sources for your thread. Four if I count the photograph of Tennessee Historical Commission Marker 4E 22 (hmdb.org/m.asp?m=43263). /2 ImageImage
Apr 15, 2023 7 tweets 3 min read
This is no surprise here but this is a lie. Join me as we learn what an primacy source is and isn't. /1 Image That tweet is showing a zoomed in, context stripped clip of Image 3 of the March 20, 1867 edition of the Memphis Daily Appeal (Vol. 17, Num. 207) edited by John S.C. Hogan and his unnamed co-workers. The source is the LOC: chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn8304516… /2 Image