![]() Their favoriteĬharacter, the octoroon, wretched because of the "single drop of midnight in her veins,"ĭesires a white lover above all else, and must therefore go down to a tragic end.(Brown, Urgings, indolence and potential savagery come from his Negro blood. His intellectual strivings and self-control come from his white blood, and his emotional Is the anguished victim of divided inheritance. White writers insist upon the mulatto's unhappiness for other reasons. Sterling Brown summarized the treatment of the tragic In a race-based society, the tragic mulatto found peace only in death. "blackness" in herself she hated or feared whites yet desperately sought their approval. If light enough to "pass" as white, sheĭid, but passing led to deeper self-loathing. Her personal pathologies: self-hatred, depression, alcoholism, sexual perversion,Īnd suicide attempts being the most common. I have no desire to fill my office with the material, but I am glad there are collectors, scholars, and historians who ARE committed to preserving artifacts that will help all of us to understand, contextualize, and learn from history.A century later literary and cinematic portrayals of the tragic mulatto emphasized I might not like KKK stuff on auction sites, but I don’t think they should be restricted. However, I admit that it is time for me to “recalibrate my historical barometer.” I have spent a lifetime saying that “artifacts MATTER to history.” I don’t intend to change that opinion now. I do believe I came through the year with a deeper understanding and appreciation of various viewpoints. I suspect, all of the political unrest of 2020 had sunk into my psyche, whether I agreed with it or not. Without them, it just all so much chatter and blather.Ī robed mannequin on robed horseback is going to make me think a lot more than just telling me, “In the reconstruction era, band marauders traversed the South…”. That’s a dangerous combo! So, on I scrolled.Īrtifacts are necessary, tangible items for us to spark introspection, conversation, and interpretation. While I would love a legit Special Forces beret, I am smart enough to recognize I don’t know anything about them. Again, really neat things, but I don’t know this material. Wow! Some good stuff…SS helmets, Panzer wrap arounds, numbered badges - all of the material that would cause any serious WWII collector to salivate! But alas, no Belgian or unusual Latvian SS material for me to bid on. Up through US WWII, I enjoyed the offerings, and went right into WWII German stuff. No Tank Corps groupings or Belgian material for me to bid on. I enjoyed the Civil War material but no 1846 or 1847-dated Mississippi Rifle for me to bid on. ![]() While thumbing my way through the auction, I searched for something to add to my collection. The auctions are even organized in a way that is easy to get to what you want, following a basic path of: Federal Period / Civil War, Indian Wars / WWI / WWII / Vietnam all followed by miscellaneous materials. Their descriptions are thorough, photography honest, and the quality of items is high. I really like their auctions…they seem to be filled with offerings that they know and understand. I was thoroughly enjoying the offerings of the December 4 auction of our friends and good advertiser, Milestone Auctions of Willoughby, Ohio. So back to the scrolling through the auctions.
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