by Linda Lee Graham | Life in the 18th Century, Slide, Voices Echo
Kara Walker’s “Subtlety” is Anything But Appearances notwithstanding, it’s safe to say Kara Walker didn’t intend to present a sugarcoated history when she created her cast of sticky subtleties in the defunct New York Domino Sugar refinery earlier this...
by Linda Lee Graham | Life in the 18th Century, Slide, Voices Echo
Sugarcoating the Unsavory Side of History Sugarcoat history? Of course we can, but should we? Not in my opinion. Still, it’s a fine line to straddle when writing romantic historical fiction—particularly a story that takes place in brutal 18th-century Jamaica. I...
by Linda Lee Graham | Life in the 18th Century, Voices Echo
Did you know the Smithsonian is looking for Digital Volunteers? Anyone can help transcribe old and rare books and manuscripts right from home—a sentence at a time or a page at a time. I explored the site this afternoon and happened upon a treasure–an old...
by Linda Lee Graham | Life in the 18th Century, Slide, Voices Echo
Was it a Category 3, 4, or 5? Jamaicans couldn’t categorize the hurricane that slammed their island on October 3, 1780. Instead, they compared their losses to the losses they’d suffered in past 18th-century hurricanes. Had more or less people been swept...
