Q & Abe
by President Lincoln's Cottage
Come on down the rabbit hole with us as we answer real questions from visitors to President Lincoln’s Cottage that we wish we could spend a half hour answering. We always start with Lincoln and the Cottage, but we often end up in unexpected places…
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Episodes
Bonus: Role Playing and African-Americans
7m · PublishedThis bonus episode accompanies Episode 2: Is it ok to call her Aunt Mary?
As we strive to answer the questions for the show, we’ve encountered a wide variety of stories, conversations, and discoveries, not all of which fit directly within the main episode. However, we don’t want to keep all these fascinating tidbits to ourselves. Adena Spingarn talks about why minstrelsy isn't part of the popular consciousness as much as one might expect, and Chandra Manning tells us about the ways that black women in contraband camps asserted their presence, and their right to be present, beyond what Union soldiers expected of them.
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Is it ok to call her Aunt Mary?
39m · PublishedIn this episode, we'll dig into a question we received in several different forms -- "Is it ok to call her Aunt Mary?" which visitors have asked about Mary Williams, a black woman working at the Cottage as a cook. Come exploring with us as we talk with two historians of the African-American experience in DC during the Civil War, an art curator, a literature scholar, and the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience as we search for answers.
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Bonus: Dreaming of Emancipation
3m · PublishedThis bonus episode accompanies our first episode, How could Lincoln sleep if slavery was happening?
Our journey answering these questions has led to conversations, discoveries, and stories of all kinds, not all of which fit directly within the question we’re answering. But they’re so interesting that we didn’t want to keep them to ourselves. During our interview with Jon White, he told us a fascinating story about a Civil War soldier’s dream that illustrates the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation on the subconscious of everyday people.
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How could Lincoln sleep, if slavery was happening?
33m · PublishedIn this episode, we'll explore a question asked by a second grader on a field trip to President Lincoln's Cottage -- "How could Lincoln sleep if slavery was happening?" Go down the rabbit hole with us as we speak to a Civil War historian, a sleep doctor, and a licensed professional counselor in search of answers.
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Q & Abe has 44 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 15:10:19. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 19th, 2024 04:42.
