Cory James Young
@coryjamesyoung.bsky.social
assistant professor of history at UIowa | personal account | northern slavery, legal history, Black America | i ♥️ WNY
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Project MUSE - Hereditary Term Slavery and the Pursuit of Restitution in Antebellum Pennsylvania
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I contributed this article to a special issue of the Journal of the Early Republic on "Free State" slavery. It previews one of my book's principle interventions: the concept of hereditary term slavery during the age of gradual abolition.
It is a privilege to appear in print with my co-contributors.
It is a privilege to appear in print with my co-contributors.
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For some reason, I just thought of this scene.
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
For some reason, I just thought of this scene.
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David Drake was an Enslaved Man in South Carolina who Made Thousands of Ceramic Pots. Now, a Boston Museum Has Returned Two of Them to His Descendants www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a... "Artworks by enslaved Black Americans are often absent from repatriation conversations in the United States"
An Enslaved Man Made Thousands of Ceramic Pots. Now, a Boston Museum Has Returned Two of Them to His Descendants
Many of David Drake's large vessels featured his signature and inscriptions, even though he created them during a time when literacy among enslaved laborers was illegal
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November 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
David Drake was an Enslaved Man in South Carolina who Made Thousands of Ceramic Pots. Now, a Boston Museum Has Returned Two of Them to His Descendants www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a... "Artworks by enslaved Black Americans are often absent from repatriation conversations in the United States"
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In the only election in my small city, which tends to lean Republican, especially for local politics, the GOP candidate did not include party affiliation in any of his advertising, & still couldn’t get even 39% of the vote.
November 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
In the only election in my small city, which tends to lean Republican, especially for local politics, the GOP candidate did not include party affiliation in any of his advertising, & still couldn’t get even 39% of the vote.
Thinking of banning the word "complex" from my classroom. Will report back.
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Thinking of banning the word "complex" from my classroom. Will report back.
THE ANDREW FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE. DID I GET IT IN TIME? IS IT TOO LATE?
Andrew stripped of 'prince' title and will move out of Royal Lodge
He will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor - Buckingham Palace says
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October 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
THE ANDREW FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE. DID I GET IT IN TIME? IS IT TOO LATE?
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As a fun sidenote, Wendy's marketing reported that the word "Frescata" was "totally made-up", and meant to evoke "freshness" in a vaguely European way. However, it turns out that it's actually a real Italian term, roughly meaning "a blast of cold air that causes illness"
October 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
As a fun sidenote, Wendy's marketing reported that the word "Frescata" was "totally made-up", and meant to evoke "freshness" in a vaguely European way. However, it turns out that it's actually a real Italian term, roughly meaning "a blast of cold air that causes illness"
I have a friend in tech who said to me over the weekend “I don’t know how to solve the problem of student consumers who want to pay for a degree but who do not want to, or are incentivized not to, learn,” and while it obviously doesn’t describe all students, it sure seems like a big problem.
Cheating with an LLM is the easiest thing in the world for a student to do, but it creates a massive, laborious headache for a prof, if you intend to take it seriously. There’s meetings, emails, discussions, moral dilemmas. It’s just incredibly burdensome, on top of everything else right now.
I had 9 meetings about students using Chat GPT/LLMs on their papers today.
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I have a friend in tech who said to me over the weekend “I don’t know how to solve the problem of student consumers who want to pay for a degree but who do not want to, or are incentivized not to, learn,” and while it obviously doesn’t describe all students, it sure seems like a big problem.
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DC friends!! Join us on this Sunday on the National Mall for a teach-in in defense of history and museums, ft. an all-star line-up! We’ll be there from sun-up to sun-down. More info here: linktr.ee/historyteachin
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
DC friends!! Join us on this Sunday on the National Mall for a teach-in in defense of history and museums, ft. an all-star line-up! We’ll be there from sun-up to sun-down. More info here: linktr.ee/historyteachin
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Georgetown students stand in solidarity with the Black Lung Association, Appalachian Voices, the United Mine Workers of America! As miners and their supporters rallied together last week, out students showed up in solidarity after making signs and posters
October 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Georgetown students stand in solidarity with the Black Lung Association, Appalachian Voices, the United Mine Workers of America! As miners and their supporters rallied together last week, out students showed up in solidarity after making signs and posters
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The AWS outage exposes again that “the cloud” isn’t magic, it’s infrastructure. The issue isn’t a cyberattack, it’s architectural over-reliance on a handful of cloud giants. We centralized the internet and then made our entire lives dependent on it.
October 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The AWS outage exposes again that “the cloud” isn’t magic, it’s infrastructure. The issue isn’t a cyberattack, it’s architectural over-reliance on a handful of cloud giants. We centralized the internet and then made our entire lives dependent on it.
"If my ancestors, as slaves, could lead the greatest general strike in the history of this country, taking it to the ultra-rich and big corporations, we can do the same today."
so here's the bit where he says it - notable that he explicitly links it to the General Strike interpretation of Civil Wars history
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls for a general strike against the “tyranny” of Trump and the greed of the ultra-rich. An estimated 300,000 filled the streets for the “No Kings” march, powerfully re...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
"If my ancestors, as slaves, could lead the greatest general strike in the history of this country, taking it to the ultra-rich and big corporations, we can do the same today."
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Had I think about 300 people here in Sioux City, Iowa for the No Kings Protest! #NoKings
I'm proud of my city for those that came out in protest.
Even made my own homemade cardboard sign too!
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I'm proud of my city for those that came out in protest.
Even made my own homemade cardboard sign too!
@thebulwark.com @podsaveamerica.crooked.com @briantylercohen.bsky.social @laurarbelin.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Had I think about 300 people here in Sioux City, Iowa for the No Kings Protest! #NoKings
I'm proud of my city for those that came out in protest.
Even made my own homemade cardboard sign too!
@thebulwark.com @podsaveamerica.crooked.com @briantylercohen.bsky.social @laurarbelin.bsky.social
I'm proud of my city for those that came out in protest.
Even made my own homemade cardboard sign too!
@thebulwark.com @podsaveamerica.crooked.com @briantylercohen.bsky.social @laurarbelin.bsky.social
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Polk State College drops Intro to African-American Studies course to align with new state law www.fox13news.com/news/polk-st...
Polk State College drops African-American Studies course to align with new state law
An African-American studies course is no longer being taught at Polk State College because, according to officials there, it didn't comply with state law.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Polk State College drops Intro to African-American Studies course to align with new state law www.fox13news.com/news/polk-st...
I just tried using a six-digit Duo Mobile code to unlock my phone three times before I realized what I was doing. Help, my brain is melting.
October 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I just tried using a six-digit Duo Mobile code to unlock my phone three times before I realized what I was doing. Help, my brain is melting.
I shared a draft book review I wrote with my Intro to the Major students who are writing their own book reviews.
One of my students told me I write like I speak and I'm still beaming.
What good classroom news do y'all have to share from this semester?
One of my students told me I write like I speak and I'm still beaming.
What good classroom news do y'all have to share from this semester?
October 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I shared a draft book review I wrote with my Intro to the Major students who are writing their own book reviews.
One of my students told me I write like I speak and I'm still beaming.
What good classroom news do y'all have to share from this semester?
One of my students told me I write like I speak and I'm still beaming.
What good classroom news do y'all have to share from this semester?
People incarcerated in Iowa state prisons earn between 28 and 95 cents per hour according to the ACLU. This is legal because the Iowa state constitution still permits slavery for people convicted of crimes.
You used to be able to learn about this history in the materials the state is disappearing.
You used to be able to learn about this history in the materials the state is disappearing.
October 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
People incarcerated in Iowa state prisons earn between 28 and 95 cents per hour according to the ACLU. This is legal because the Iowa state constitution still permits slavery for people convicted of crimes.
You used to be able to learn about this history in the materials the state is disappearing.
You used to be able to learn about this history in the materials the state is disappearing.
If you have a few dollars to spare.
Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!
Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you have a few dollars to spare.
The Chicago Manual of Style has a section titled “Managing Moments of Normal Panic” which, although laudable, I fear may be inadequate for the times.
September 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Chicago Manual of Style has a section titled “Managing Moments of Normal Panic” which, although laudable, I fear may be inadequate for the times.
I'm not sympathetic to arguments that these changes are bad because monuments are essential for understanding our history. I didn't buy it when neo-Confederates said it in 2017 and I don't buy it now.
But I do take issue with creating monuments that venerate the Lost Cause, which is what this does.
But I do take issue with creating monuments that venerate the Lost Cause, which is what this does.
Independence National Park will ‘alter’ slavery exhibits in accordance with Trump executive order
The planned changes follow an executive order signed by 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump directing the National Park Service to remove exhibits that “inappropriately disparage American...
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September 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm not sympathetic to arguments that these changes are bad because monuments are essential for understanding our history. I didn't buy it when neo-Confederates said it in 2017 and I don't buy it now.
But I do take issue with creating monuments that venerate the Lost Cause, which is what this does.
But I do take issue with creating monuments that venerate the Lost Cause, which is what this does.
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These people genuinely know nothing of the history—white conservative state & vigilante violence has been arguably *the defining feature* of U.S. history. They apparently also know very little of the present, in which, again, the very opposite is the case.
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
September 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
These people genuinely know nothing of the history—white conservative state & vigilante violence has been arguably *the defining feature* of U.S. history. They apparently also know very little of the present, in which, again, the very opposite is the case.
A college buddy of mine learned about Spotswood Rice in an Emancipations course we took with Justin Behrend as sophomores.
Said buddy wrote and, years later, recorded a folk song about him.
Said buddy wrote and, years later, recorded a folk song about him.
September 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A college buddy of mine learned about Spotswood Rice in an Emancipations course we took with Justin Behrend as sophomores.
Said buddy wrote and, years later, recorded a folk song about him.
Said buddy wrote and, years later, recorded a folk song about him.
It's that time of the semester where I'm once again marveling at the Wikipedia page for "Ancient Egyptian race controversy."
However long you think it is, it's longer.
However long you think it is, it's longer.
August 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It's that time of the semester where I'm once again marveling at the Wikipedia page for "Ancient Egyptian race controversy."
However long you think it is, it's longer.
However long you think it is, it's longer.
And in response: "Let us hear no more, then, of these mistaken or seditious pleas for Lee. All loyal men owe hatred to the murderers of their brethren; and applause for the chief criminal is not only an abandonment of justice, but a covert form of treason to the country."
Pentagon Is Reinstalling Portrait of Confederate General at West Point Library
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August 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
And in response: "Let us hear no more, then, of these mistaken or seditious pleas for Lee. All loyal men owe hatred to the murderers of their brethren; and applause for the chief criminal is not only an abandonment of justice, but a covert form of treason to the country."
They sure got it in 1865!
"Yet, by all the rules of moral measurement, Benedict Arnold was not half so perfidious and criminal as [Robert E.] Lee."
"Yet, by all the rules of moral measurement, Benedict Arnold was not half so perfidious and criminal as [Robert E.] Lee."
August 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
They sure got it in 1865!
"Yet, by all the rules of moral measurement, Benedict Arnold was not half so perfidious and criminal as [Robert E.] Lee."
"Yet, by all the rules of moral measurement, Benedict Arnold was not half so perfidious and criminal as [Robert E.] Lee."