Natalie’s Reviews > A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present > Status Update
Natalie
is on page 58 of 729
I enjoyed reading about the slave rebellions and how difficult it was to keep slaves down, so difficult, in fact, that an entire system was constructed to do so. I enjoyed it because it is HUMANIZING slaves—they were not meek, ignorant, beasts who dumbly “went along.” They organized, protested, and asserted their humanity at great costs. This is a true story that does not negate the pain, cruelty or suffering.
— Jun 08, 2020 09:46AM
Like flag
Natalie’s Previous Updates
Natalie
is on page 210 of 729
Ch9: Covers how enslaved People were not at all submissive, Reconstruction worked but was abandoned for money, and that over 100 years of lynching and violence, Black people continued to strive for equality. Also, provides scholarship on how chain gangs provided labor, and that Black men were disproportionately put into chain gangs—roots of modern prison system.
— Jun 16, 2020 01:22PM
Natalie
is on page 148 of 729
This chapter on “Indian” removal was gruesome and painful.
— Jun 12, 2020 07:24AM
Natalie
is on page 124 of 729
YASS WOMEN! I learned about several women from the late 1700s-1800s who fought for rights and for abolition and the poor. They even had a “coffee party” similar to the Boston Tea Party.
— Jun 11, 2020 11:11AM
Natalie
is on page 75 of 729
Interesting perspective on events leading up to the revolution. Zinn frames the Am. Rev. as one of the middle class with little regard for the poor. The poor “mobs” looted rich men’s homes to highlight wealth disparities. They were not allowed to vote, were put in prison for being poor, and then drafted into the war while the rich (who started the war) paid for substitutes to fight in their place.
— Jun 09, 2020 07:01AM
Natalie
is on page 22 of 729
So far, not a lot of new information but I am appreciative of the style and presentation. It is also good to be reminded of things that “I know.” The genocide of human beings by Columbus and those who followed him is disgusting.
— Jun 07, 2020 01:40PM
