An Environmental History of Slavery: An Interview with David Silkenat
In today’s post, Adam X. McNeil, a regular contributor of Black Perspectives, interviews Dr. David Silkenat on his new book,
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George Washington, Slavery, and Farming
In Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery, Bruce A. Ragsdale meticulously examines Washington’s activities
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The Life of Louis Fatio: American Slavery and Indigenous Sovereignty
In 1892 a reporter for the Missouri-based Daily Globe-Democrat interviewed an elderly Black man by the name of Louis Fatio living near
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On War and U.S. Slavery: Enslaved Black Women’s Experiences
The experiences of enslaved women and girls in the wars of the United States has garnered increased scholarly attention, most
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Marriage and Slavery in Colonial Venezuela
On September 2, the National Academy of History and the Venezuela History Network in Caracas announced the transcription and digitization
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