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Hidden History: The Whitewashing Of The 1917 East St. Louis Riot, Samanthé Bachelier
Hidden History: The Whitewashing Of The 1917 East St. Louis Riot, Samanthé Bachelier
The Confluence (2009-2020)
A bloody riot erupted in East St. Louis in the summer of 1917 that resulted in the massacre of dozens of African Americans. Bachelier argues that the history of the history of the riot is also telling about views about race both at the time and since.
What Not To Wear To A Riot: Fashioning Race, Class, And Gender Respectability Amidst Racial Violence, Lou W. Robinson
What Not To Wear To A Riot: Fashioning Race, Class, And Gender Respectability Amidst Racial Violence, Lou W. Robinson
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The descriptions of participants and events in the 1917 East St. Louis riot carried messages about biases. Lou W. Robinson argues that even descriptions of the ways African American women were dressed at the time conveyed biases that sought to question the morals and respectability of women living in East St. Louis at the time.
A New England Abolitionist Visits A St. Louis Slave Trader, Kenneth H. Winn
A New England Abolitionist Visits A St. Louis Slave Trader, Kenneth H. Winn
The Confluence (2009-2020)
When the crisis in Kansas over allowing—or banning—slavery in the territory erupted in 1854, it became a symbol of the cause for both southerners and northern abolitionists. Noted abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson traveled to Kansas in 1856. On his way, he stopped in St. Louis and visited a slave auction. Kenneth Winn introduces Higginson’s account, reprinted here.
Fall 2017/Winter 2018, Full Issue
From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith
The Impact Of Jewish American Identity And Assimilation In The Reform Movement, Tanya Jones
The Impact Of Jewish American Identity And Assimilation In The Reform Movement, Tanya Jones
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Tanya Jones explores the role of the Reform movement to blend American identity and Judaism in the Gilded Age, using St. Louis as a case study. This essay is the winner of the 2017 Morrow Prize, presented annually by the Missouri Conference on History for the best student paper on a Missouri topic presented at its annual conference in March.
Strengthening Slavery’S Border, Undermining Slavery: Fugitive Slaves And The Legal Regulation Of Black Mississippi River Crossing, 1804-1860, Jesse Nasta
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In the decades before the Civil War, St. Louis sat on a border between slave and free states. Jesse Nasta documents the role of common carriers—steamboats—on the Mississippi River for escaping slaves and the efforts of government to hold steamboat operators accountable for those escapes—efforts that reached all the way to the Missouri Supreme Court. This article is the recipient of the 2017 Tatom Award for the best student paper on a regional topic.
From Prairie To Destination: The Story Of South Grand, Andrew Weil, Josh Burbridge
From Prairie To Destination: The Story Of South Grand, Andrew Weil, Josh Burbridge
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The business district on South Grand between Arsenal and Utah streets evolved from a prairie setting into a thriving business district when streetcars arrived. In this essay, Andrew Weil and Josh Burbridge chart the evolution of the business district through its architecture.
From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith
Big Spring And Recharge Area And The Possibility Of Lead Mining, Quinta Scott
Big Spring And Recharge Area And The Possibility Of Lead Mining, Quinta Scott
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In this second installment of her series of environmental studies, Quinta Scott examines the impact of lead mining on the region.
Spring/Summer 2017, Full Issue
“The City Is Filled With Exhibitions & Places Of Amusement”: George And Clara Catlin In London, Jeffrey Smith
“The City Is Filled With Exhibitions & Places Of Amusement”: George And Clara Catlin In London, Jeffrey Smith
The Confluence (2009-2020)
George Catlin traveled to London and, later, Paris to exhibit and sell paintings of western Native Americans in the 1840s. His wife, Clara, joined him and sent these letters home about the experience.