Karen Cook Bell

Black Resistance and Slave Politics in Lowcountry Georgia

May 23, 2023May 19, 2023 Karen Cook Bell 1 Comment
race, slavery

Within Lowcountry Georgia, enslaved Africans expressed a determined political will to resist enslavement and maintain dignity. Their dislocation reinforced

On War and U.S. Slavery: Enslaved Black Women’s Experiences

November 7, 2022October 29, 2022 Karen Cook Bell Black women, Gender, slavery

The experiences of enslaved women and girls in the wars of the United States has garnered increased scholarly attention, most

The Missing Black Women in Denmark Vesey’s Conspiracy

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 Karen Cook Bell Black women, Racial Violence, Resistance, slavery

The Denmark Vesey conspiracy transformed how enslavers viewed free and unfree men who labored in the cities and countryside of

Enslaved Revolutionary Women: An Author Interview with Karen Cook-Bell

November 9, 2021November 8, 2021 Karen Cook Bell Black women, Gender, slavery

On March 5, 1770, a twenty-three-year-old woman, her eight-month-old daughter, and her husband escaped from bondage in Leacock Township in

Black Women and American Freedom in Revolutionary America

July 13, 2021July 13, 2021 Karen Cook Bell black intellectual history, Black women, Resistance

What is the price of freedom? Is it worth the cost if failure means a return to slavery or death?

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