I get this all the time: “Let’s not judge slaveholders based on present-day morality because they were products of their time.” Indeed, slaveholders were products of their time. The historian’s primary goal is to try to understand them in context...
historical timelines
Association of Religion Data Archives
Paul Matzko of Penn State’s graduate program in history has written a post calling our attention to a fascinating database called the Association of Religious Data Archives. Â This is an amazing tool. Â If my experience is any indication, scholars of...