The selection of the still image of the \u201c[Receipt for sale of Jane, age 18, and her son, Henry, age 1 and all future children, December 20, 1849]\u201d was to done to shed light on the cruel and ill- treatment of African Americans during the time of slavery. As much as American history has become an academic curriculum throughout the United States, African American history alike is an important part of American history however, it never seems to get the recognition it deserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The image is a photographed copy of the sale of negro slaves that had been handwritten on a document in order to keep record of the transaction. It reveals the lack of technological at the time. If we compare the imaged receipt to the receipts used today, the key difference is the use of technology. Whose responsibility is to properly and efficiently calculate and record our very own transactions.
Regarding this specific time period, historical questions concerning the imaged receipt may include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If slavery were to still exist today, about how much more would individuals of African descent be worth today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Being that slavery has long been abolished, what reparations would be appropriate for the unfair treatment of African Americans over the past couple decades?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The methods used such as the Exhibit Image Annotation allowed me to think more critically about my digital image. It enabled me to analyze the image through the Principles of Image Analysis. For example, the \u201cSite of Production\u201d subcategory helped me to identify who the receipt was for, when the transaction for the sale was taken place, for whom the transaction was for, and why. Though, the \u201cSite of Self Image\u201d a more challenging subcategory, made me think extremely hard about the visual meaning of the image. One does not think too deeply about the visual meaning of a written document. When trying to do so, I asked myself how. How would I be able to interpret the visual meaning of the digital image in a way that my audience would understand? <\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I concluded that the image was a visual representation of history itself, displaying the era in which African American Slaves were mistreated and were held against their will. The receipt was the only form of tangible record for the sale and purchase of slaves amongst both slave and plantation owners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n References:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kramer, Michael\nJ. \u201cGlitching History: Using Image Deformance to Rethink Agency and\nAuthenticity in the 1960s American Folk Music Revival\u201d. Volume 1 (2018),\nhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.31835\/crdh.2018.08<\/p>\n\n\n\n Teaching Tolerance. \u201cTeaching Hard History: Teaching American History Through Inquiry\u201d. February, 2018. https:\/\/www.tolerance.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2018-02\/TT-Teaching-Hard-History-American-Slavery-through-Inquiry-C3-Report-Feb2018_0.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Omeka Item:<\/p>\n\n\n\n http:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/cnd\/items\/show\/162<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Omeka Exhibit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n http:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/cnd\/exhibits\/show\/bridget-r–amaniampong\/annotated–receipt-of-jane—-<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The selection of the still image of the \u201c[Receipt for sale of Jane, age 18, and her son, Henry, age 1 and all future children, December 20, 1849]\u201d was to done to shed light on the cruel and ill- treatment of African Americans during the time of slavery. As much as American history has become … Continue reading “Blog Post 3\/ Skills Assignment 3”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":682,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions\/682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Through my analysis of the digital image I formulated my historical questions. After years of cruel and unfair treatment of individuals of African descent, it is important that we be given the proper reparations needed to heal from our traumatic past. <\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Compared to the Exhibit Image Annotation, the glitching process, did not help me to think more critically about the digital image. Though engaging, I did not see the significance of such and did not understand how or why it would have enhanced the digital image. I had trouble converting the image from .jpg>.txt to .txt>.jpg. However, I can say that glitching is often not done by mistake. Rather, it is a \u201cdigital tactic that produces new iterations of a digital file by introducing or removing strands of code at random or logical \u201cchance operation”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n