Her Body Was Not Her Own
In Season 2, Episode 1, of Not Even Past, host Brendan Wolfe introduces us to Carrie Buck, the plaintiff in the notorious Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell (1927) that authorized Buck’s… Read More»
This Day (I Heart Snobs Edition)
On this day in 1897, William Cuthbert Falkner, known as William Faulkner, was born in New Albany, Mississippi, to Murry Cuthbert Falkner, a railroad worker, and Maud Butler, a housewife. New… Read More»
This Day (Doing the Dozens Edition)
On this day in 1789, twelve amendments to the still-new United States Constitution were sent to the states, including Virginia, for ratification. That’s right: the Bill of Rights originally had… Read More»
This Day (Lost and Found Edition)
On this day 150 years ago, at about 10 o’clock in the morning, give or take, a Union corporal named Barton W. Mitchell, of the 27th Indiana, found a stray… Read More»
The Mystery of Don Luis (Part 3)
In Season 1, Episode 6, of Not Even Past, host Brendan Wolfe concludes the remarkable story of a Virginia Indian named Don Luis. After nine years abroad, he returns home with… Read More»
Slavery by the Numbers (redux)
Almost six years ago, I wrote a blog post, “Slavery by the Numbers,” that included a number of statistics about American slavery presented in the manner of a Harper’s Index.… Read More»
The Mystery of Don Luis (Part 2)
In Season 1, Episode 5, of Not Even Past, host Brendan Wolfe continues the remarkable story of a Virginia Indian named Don Luis. Trapped in Mexico City and newly baptized, he… Read More»
History Writ Aright
What does that even mean, history writ aright? Aside from it being a quotation from a speech I recently read, I mean. It’s a question I’ve wondered about, and worried about, as… Read More»
The Mystery of Don Luis (Part 1)
In Season 1, Episode 4, of Not Even Past, host Brendan Wolfe unspools the first part of an epic Virginia narrative. Plucked from the New World by lost Spaniards, an Indian… Read More»
The Charms of Belle Boyd
In Season 1, Episode 3, of Not Even Past, host Brendan Wolfe considers the Civil War spy Belle Boyd, of Winchester. Given a choice between common sense and her version of… Read More»
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