American Epistles

“Is it a disgrace to be born a Chinese?” (Chinese Immigration, Part 3)

“I thought I was his wife.” (Chinese Immigration, Part 2)

“The Chinese were in a pitiable condition …” (Chinese Immigration, Part 1)

“We were all of us children of polygamous parents.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 13)

“Your pork and beans must be out of a can.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 12)

“…She gave him a dose of morphine and whiskey.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 11)

“The old sorrow is not so keen now.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 10)

“They told us the Indian ways were bad.” (US Indian Policy: Violence, Displacement, and Assimilation)

“Horse-thieves and desperate men seemed too remote…” (Elinore Rupert, Part 9)

“See that shack over yonder?” (Women Homesteaders)

“… We were almost starved.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 8)

“A very angry Aggie strode in.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 7)

“The wind was shrieking, howling, and roaring.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 6)

“The ‘rheumatiz’ would get all the money …” (Elinore Rupert, Part 5)

“I had a confession to make …” (Elinore Rupert, Part 4)

“I am making a wedding dress.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 3)

“Such a snowstorm I never saw!” (Elinore Rupert, Part 2)

“Everything is just lovely for me.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 1)

“They’re going to bomb us!” (Mine Wars, Part 3)

“They hit me and threw me down.” (Mine Wars, Part 2)

“The worst of the explosion occurred in the No. 8 mine.” (Mine Wars, Part 1)

“We lived with constant fear.” (Encore: Freedom Summer, Part 2)

“We have to be shot down here like rabbits.” (Encore: The Great Migration, Part 1)

“His Intelligence from the Enemy’s Camp were Industriously Collected…” (James Armistead Lafayette, Mini Episode)

“The more I read, the more I fought against slavery.” (Slave Narratives and the Pursuit of Literacy, Part 3)

“It was only by trickery that I learned to read.” (Slave Narratives and the Pursuit of Literacy, Part 2)

“I would take my child and hide in the mountains.” (Slave Narratives and the Pursuit of Literacy, Part 1)

“We are afraid to speak for our rights.” (Freedom Summer ’64, Part 2)

“Mississippi is going to be hell this summer.” (Freedom Summer ’64, Part 1)

“I was awakened … by the low roar of guns.” (Hello Girls, Mini Episode)

“We fed them what we had.” (Women’s Welfare Work in WWI, Part 3)

“Don’t drop them pies!” (Women’s Welfare Work in WWI, Part 2)

“We washed the men and the floors.” (Women’s Welfare Work in WWI, Part 1)

“My wound is all healed.” (The 372nd Infantry, Mini Episode)

“I have the right not to vote.” (Women’s Suffrage, Mini Episode)

“Our child cries for you.” (Loved Ones of Black Civil War Soldiers, Mini Episode)

“Nothing here but money.” (The Great Migration, Part 3)

“We will do any kind of work.” (The Great Migration, Part 2)

“We have to be shot down here like rabbits.” (The Great Migration, Part 1)

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