There is no such thing as free labor right . That doesnt make sense. Could you help us understand, what do you mean, what do scholars mean by free labor . Mr. Luskey thanks for having me on. I appreciate the opportunity to talk about this book. It is a question my students, even after having me teach the concept to them, they still have trouble understanding. Free labor ideology came together as a set of ideas, most clearly in the 1850s, around a new political party, the republican party, and what the ideas at the heart of this ideology proposed was that wage labor, as it existed in northern states, was a superior economic and social system to southern slavery. It was a system, in its ideal form, that allowed workers the opportunity to make a contract with the employer of their choice, and to save their earnings to become independent. And this was something that was not available to enslaved people in the southern states. It is art of an attempt to rehabilitate wage labor, which many w
Malnutrition during its one year in operation. Next, derek next field, author of hellmira the unions most infamous pow camp of the civil war talks about the conditions at the prison and some of the officers in charge. His talk was part of a symposium on the war in the east hosted by the emerging civil war blog. ,. He is an associate professor in batavia, new york, hometown of emory upton. He earned fame at the battle of spotsylvania courthouse. Drerk has earned fame for his brandnew book as part of the emergence of war series, called. Ladies and gentlemen please welcome derek max field. Derek maxfield. Thank you very much. I very please to be here and talk about my latest project. Hellmira and prisoner over cams in general have been quite a surprise to me. , although we understand, that this is a small number of casualties, consider the total number of casualties during the civil war, or 750,000 now we believe, you know when you consider that we couldve done better. Both north and sout
Her mas and ph. D. At the university of virginia. She has created the history design lab that allows students to develop scholarly projects that range from digital humanities, exhibit design, oral history, podcast, historical fiction, and public history. Remember what i said about our speakers and their commitment to mentorship and to education. Shes the author of essays published in 2018 and 19 in the civil war and the transformation of american citizenship and new perspectives on the union war. As i was preparing this introduction, i read her work in civil war histories as part of a round table discussion. Her book mentioned in your printed program at the threshold of liberty, womens laslavery i now under contract with unc press. It examines how black women used the laws, geography and Community Networks at the Nations Capital to make claims to liberty during the civil war. Ladies and gentlemen, tamika nunley. [ applause ] thank you. Good afternoon and i should thank you extra becaus
My name is Chris Mackowski, editor in chief of emerging civil war. Delighted to have you with us. Our first speaker today is derrick maxfield. Hes an associate professor and batavia new york, hometown of emory upton for those of you who are from spots of india. Derek has recently earned fame for his brand new book as part of the emerging civil war series. It is called hellmira, the unions most notorious prison of war camp in elmira, new york. Thank you very much, im very pleased to be here to talk about my latest project. Prisoner of war camps in general have been quite a surprise to me. Ive studied the civil war since i was quite young and i knew the length of the tragedy during the civil war. But it was eyeopening to me the extent of the humanitarian crisis that unfolded over the course of those four bloody years. Over 56,000 died in prisoner of war camps over that time. Just over 500,000 incarcerated in total. Although we understand that this is just a small number of casualties con
From elmira, new york, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, derek maxfield. Derek thank you very much. Im very pleased to be here and talk about my latest project. Hellmira and prisoner over cams prisoner of war camps in general have been quite a surprise to me. I have studied the civil war since i was quite young and new the length of the tragedy during the civil war. But it was eyeopening to me the extent of the home and italian crisis that unfolded over the course of those for bloody years. The extent of the humanitarian crisis that unfolded over the course of those four bloody years. 500,000 incarcerated in total. And, although we understand that this is a small number of casualties considering the total number of casualties during the civil war, over 750,000 now we believe, when we consider that we could have done better. Both north and south. When you consider that this was in our power to make lives for those who were incarcerated better. It is really quite disappointing. And i