Judy Giesberg
@jgiesber.bsky.social
C19 US History, slavery, Civil War, Director, Last Seen Project, Author, _Last Seen: The Enduring Search By Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families_, Simon and Schuster, 2025.
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In this piece, I reflect on Bell Wiley, common soldiers & cowardice in the American Civil War. southwritlarge.com/articles/her...
Heroes and Cowards | South Writ Large
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November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In this piece, I reflect on Bell Wiley, common soldiers & cowardice in the American Civil War. southwritlarge.com/articles/her...
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TODAY: Join us at 1 pm EDT for a fascinating conversation with Dr. @kawulf.bsky.social about her new book, "Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America."
Registration is free and open to all via our website at congregationallibrary.org/events/lineage
Registration is free and open to all via our website at congregationallibrary.org/events/lineage
September 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
TODAY: Join us at 1 pm EDT for a fascinating conversation with Dr. @kawulf.bsky.social about her new book, "Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America."
Registration is free and open to all via our website at congregationallibrary.org/events/lineage
Registration is free and open to all via our website at congregationallibrary.org/events/lineage
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donald trump and the white nationalists that run his government want you to think that slavery was just fine www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars
The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”
www.washingtonpost.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
donald trump and the white nationalists that run his government want you to think that slavery was just fine www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Faculty in red states are being punished for failing to signal in their course descriptions that their classes will include content on "gender ideology."
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Faculty in red states are being punished for failing to signal in their course descriptions that their classes will include content on "gender ideology."
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
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If we accept the premise-as I do-that Putin is driven to recreate a lost Russian-rather than lost Soviet empire, we need to consider the drones in Polish airspace a test of NATO’s resolve-not to fend off a potential attack on Poland but an incursion into the Baltics. NATO needs to respond firmly NOW
September 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If we accept the premise-as I do-that Putin is driven to recreate a lost Russian-rather than lost Soviet empire, we need to consider the drones in Polish airspace a test of NATO’s resolve-not to fend off a potential attack on Poland but an incursion into the Baltics. NATO needs to respond firmly NOW
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Join @oah.org and the NCPH #Advocacy Committee to write our representatives to advocate for history, or write our support to institutions doing essential work in difficult times. Register: https://community.ncph.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?alias=PostcardCampaign
September 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Join @oah.org and the NCPH #Advocacy Committee to write our representatives to advocate for history, or write our support to institutions doing essential work in difficult times. Register: https://community.ncph.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?alias=PostcardCampaign
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"For the first time in history, the entire United States Constitution will go on display, to celebrate 250 years of American Freedom."
The display at the National Archives in occupied downtown DC opens Tuesday, Sept. 16 and runs through Oct. 1.
The display at the National Archives in occupied downtown DC opens Tuesday, Sept. 16 and runs through Oct. 1.
Constitution Day: The Full U.S. Constitution
For the first time in history, the entire United States Constitution will go on display, to celebrate 250 years of American Freedom.
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September 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"For the first time in history, the entire United States Constitution will go on display, to celebrate 250 years of American Freedom."
The display at the National Archives in occupied downtown DC opens Tuesday, Sept. 16 and runs through Oct. 1.
The display at the National Archives in occupied downtown DC opens Tuesday, Sept. 16 and runs through Oct. 1.
Historians meeting to defend President’s House from Trump’s assaults on historic sites/truth.
August 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Historians meeting to defend President’s House from Trump’s assaults on historic sites/truth.
We aren’t on this channel yet but we *are* reaching an exciting milestone at informationwanted.org. You can follow along as we do on insta or check out the archive!
August 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We aren’t on this channel yet but we *are* reaching an exciting milestone at informationwanted.org. You can follow along as we do on insta or check out the archive!
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In the first season finale of our podcast "Civil War Curious," historian Jonathan S. Jones discusses the causes and prevalence of postwar drug addiction among Union and Confederate veterans. Sponsored by @battlefields.org & SUVCW (suvcw.org). Listen here: bit.ly/4fyFNwJ
Episode 10: Postwar Drug Addiction
Historian Jonathan S. Jones discusses the causes and prevalence of postwar drug addiction among Union and Confederate veterans.
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August 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
In the first season finale of our podcast "Civil War Curious," historian Jonathan S. Jones discusses the causes and prevalence of postwar drug addiction among Union and Confederate veterans. Sponsored by @battlefields.org & SUVCW (suvcw.org). Listen here: bit.ly/4fyFNwJ
Looking forward to taking this book tour to our nation’s capital on Saturday. Freedpeople came to Washington, D.C. during the Civil War filled with hope for their nation and their families. Let’s do this!
Last Seen: The Enduring Search by the Formerly Enslaved People for their Lost Families - National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Join us for this special presentation at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum in Washington, D.C. Professor Judith Giesberg will talk about her new book Last Seen: The Enduring Search by th...
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August 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Looking forward to taking this book tour to our nation’s capital on Saturday. Freedpeople came to Washington, D.C. during the Civil War filled with hope for their nation and their families. Let’s do this!
Villanova alum!
The new pope is revealed as Robert Prevost of the US, the first American pontiff in history.
He'll be known as Pope Leo XIV.
Follow live updates: cnn.it/3RXX7QN
He'll be known as Pope Leo XIV.
Follow live updates: cnn.it/3RXX7QN
May 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Villanova alum!
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Delco pope
Pope went to Villanova. CHEESESTEAK POPE
May 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Delco pope
What a joy it was to appear with Yael Sternhell at Harvard Book Store. And thanks to C-Span’s BookTV for filming a great conversation. www.c-span.org/program/book...
May 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
What a joy it was to appear with Yael Sternhell at Harvard Book Store. And thanks to C-Span’s BookTV for filming a great conversation. www.c-span.org/program/book...
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"The administration is engaging in the same behavior it claims to stand against. By attempting to put its own stamp on the past, Mr. Trump is himself a revisionist."🗃️ -- @dblight.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Order to the Smithsonian Distorts Teaching of American History
The assumption that there is a standard, agreed-upon truth about the country’s past is a fantasy; but when declared by a sitting president, it becomes a provocation.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"The administration is engaging in the same behavior it claims to stand against. By attempting to put its own stamp on the past, Mr. Trump is himself a revisionist."🗃️ -- @dblight.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...
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Review of @jgiesber.bsky.social's Last Seen and Bennett Parten’s Somewhere Toward Freedom, via @csmonitor.bsky.social 🗃️
The unfulfilled promises of Emancipation and Reconstruction
Two books about the American Civil War’s aftermath focus on the experiences of formerly enslaved people.
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March 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Review of @jgiesber.bsky.social's Last Seen and Bennett Parten’s Somewhere Toward Freedom, via @csmonitor.bsky.social 🗃️
Marty Moss-Coane fans: Tomorrow on the Connection. whyy.org/episodes/las...
March 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Marty Moss-Coane fans: Tomorrow on the Connection. whyy.org/episodes/las...
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What a stirring and heartrending topic: a new book called Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families, by Judith Giesberg @jgiesber.bsky.social
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'Last Seen': After slavery, family members placed ads looking for loved ones
Formerly enslaved people would placed ads in newspapers hoping to find lost children, parents, spouses and siblings. Historian Judith Giesberg tells the stories of some of those families in a new book...
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February 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
What a stirring and heartrending topic: a new book called Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families, by Judith Giesberg @jgiesber.bsky.social
www.gpb.org/news/2025/02...
www.gpb.org/news/2025/02...
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“the stories…are damning testimonies to the utter viciousness of a system that thrived on tearing Black families apart without mercy”[email protected] on Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families @jgiesber.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1890...
newrepublic.com/article/1890...
The Missing Persons of Reconstruction
Enslaved families were regularly separated. A new history chronicles the tenacious efforts of the emancipated to be reunited with their loved ones.
newrepublic.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“the stories…are damning testimonies to the utter viciousness of a system that thrived on tearing Black families apart without mercy”[email protected] on Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families @jgiesber.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1890...
newrepublic.com/article/1890...
@nprfreshair.bsky.social’s Maureen Corrigan (NPR’s book critic) reviews _Last Seen_ today at noon!
February 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
@nprfreshair.bsky.social’s Maureen Corrigan (NPR’s book critic) reviews _Last Seen_ today at noon!
An incredibly timely talk by my colleague @annaduensing.bsky.social.
February 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
An incredibly timely talk by my colleague @annaduensing.bsky.social.
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Thanks to Kevin Levin for a great conversation about Dread Danger.
Cowardice in the Civil War: A Conversation With Lesley Gordon 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Cowardice in the Civil War: A Conversation With Lesley Gordon
Thanks to Dr.
open.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thanks to Kevin Levin for a great conversation about Dread Danger.
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Black History Month as the nation denies diversity #9. The separation of families by oppressors isn’t new. “Information Wanted” ads were a way Black Americans tried to find family & friends torn away by enslavers. Learn more from Heather A Williams & @jgiesber.bsky.social. Last Seen shares 4700+ ads
Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery
informationwanted.org
February 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Black History Month as the nation denies diversity #9. The separation of families by oppressors isn’t new. “Information Wanted” ads were a way Black Americans tried to find family & friends torn away by enslavers. Learn more from Heather A Williams & @jgiesber.bsky.social. Last Seen shares 4700+ ads
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Look what I found on the shelf of my library! I made sure we would have this wonderful book by the amazing @jgiesber.bsky.social!
February 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Look what I found on the shelf of my library! I made sure we would have this wonderful book by the amazing @jgiesber.bsky.social!
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Just picked up the great @jgiesber.bsky.social’s latest book and I have a feeling that I’ll be buying a second copy for the work library.
February 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Just picked up the great @jgiesber.bsky.social’s latest book and I have a feeling that I’ll be buying a second copy for the work library.