Video: Civil War Ceredo, A Northern Experiment
Click here to watch the Youtube video… On May 6, 2014, Dr. Kenneth Bailey presented “Civil War Ceredo, A Northern Experiment” at the Tuesday evening lecture in the Archives and History Library in the Cultural Center in Charleston. Ceredo was part of New Englander Eli Thayer’s project to end slavery by demonstrating that free labor […]
Video: Scratch ‘em and Sue ‘em’: Post Civil War Legal Issues
On November 13, 2012, Dr. Kenneth R. Bailey presented ‘“Scratch ‘em and Sue ‘em’: Post Civil War Legal Issues” at the Tuesday evening lecture in the Archives and History Library in the Culture Center in Charleston. Civil War legal issues consumed much of West Virginia’s court system for several years following the war. Using a […]