November 27, 2019December 9, 2019U.S. Civil War Prices of slaves on the Eastern Shore of Maryland before the Civil War – Part 2 This series of posts focuses on the prices of slaves and some of the economics of the slave system as discussed in […]
November 25, 2019December 9, 2019U.S. Civil War Prices of slaves on the Eastern Shore of Maryland before the Civil War – Part 1 Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero, by Kate Clifford Larson provides the first adult biography of […]
November 16, 2019November 16, 2019U.S. Civil War Indicator of soldier’s pay late in the Civil War. Racial disparity in pay rates. Hymns of the Republic by S. C. Gwynne cites an editorial on May 1, 1864 in the Chicago Tribune titled “Read and […]
November 5, 2019October 28, 2019Roman Empire Pilum – javelin used by Roman Legionnaires. A Pilum (plural pila) was a javelin thrown by Roman Legionnaires to disrupt an enemy line moments before closing for hand-to-hand contact. […]
November 1, 2019December 29, 2019Other eras A few indicators for King Solomon’s wealth – part 3 Previous post took a guess at quantifying the value of King Solomon’s chariots and warhorses. Earlier post estimated the number of warhorses […]