What did you learn that was surprising, noteworthy, or just interesting to you? In what ways was it similar or different from what you expected to find? How is using an archive of newspapers different from reading a textbook account of Reconstruction?
- It was interesting the sharp contrast between newspaper of the South versus newspapers of the North. The Virginian newspaper in 1868 use of the word "negro" was more informational instead of in a way to persecute African Americans. But the Mississippian newspaper in 1865 used the "negro" in a more way to persecute the African American people and this newspaper uses "negro" about twice as much. I expected there to be a tone to persecute the African American people but I did not expect to see the drastic difference between the Virginian and Mississippian newspapers. The archive of newspapers is different from reading a textbook because we know the newspapers are primary sources and they are words from actual individuals from the time period which makes reading the newspapers for interesting.
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