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I'm in this panel. #SHEAR17 @shearites/888487494777544706
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P. Breen discussing Griffith's vs. Parker's "Birth of a Nation." Argues both films use sources/historians opportunistically. #PN23 #SHEAR17
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Breen: For Parker, fidelity to sources not a priority, in contrast to McQueen, but that's not the only way to judge a film. #PN23 #SHEAR17
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Breen: Films like Parker's, unlike Griffith's, expose limits, uncertainty of the archive and can be useful in that way. #SHEAR17 #PN23
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.@historyshack presenting on the figure of the slave catcher in popular culture & historical memory, esp. historical fiction #SHEAR17 #PN23
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@historyshack .@historyshack: The Ur-text for modern fiction on slave catchers is Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, esp. violent Tom Loker #PN23 #SHEAR17
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.@historyshack: Echoes of Loker found in @UndergroundWGN, elsewhere, but Stowe's other catcher, Marks, less remembered #PN23 #SHEAR17
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.@historyshack: Cunning catchers like Marks who worked within the law possibly more common in history than Loker-like figures #SHEAR17 #PN23
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@historyshack .@historyshack: Catchers used paperwork, knowledge of the law (Marks) courts as much as muscle & force (Loker) #PN23 #SHEAR17
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.@historyshack: Unfortunate that fiction on UGRR rarely has villains like Marks, which would indict whole society > a Loker #SHEAR17 #PN23
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Max Grivno now speaking on the so-called "Last Slave" Sylvester McGee of Mississippi, ways his memory was used in 20c US #SHEAR17 #PN23
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Grivno: White narratives about local black centenarians in 20c erased actual stories to serve myths of national progress #PN23 #SHEAR17
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Note that @Erica_L_Ball not able to make it to #SHEAR17 for #PN23. See @jnthnwwlsn for other tweets from this panel.