Abolitionism

Historical Legacies, Black Canadian Slavery, and Institutional Histories

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Melissa N. Shaw 1 Comment
Black women, Canada, slavery, Universities, Women

McGill University’s institutional history dramatically changes when it accounts for the fact that its founder, James McGill, was an enslaver

CFP: AAIHS 2023 Conference

May 20, 2022May 19, 2022 AAIHS Editors abolitionism, CFP, Environmental Racism, health, slavery

#AAIHS2023 The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS)’s Eighth Annual Conference Conference Theme: “We Can’t Breathe”: Crisis, Catastrophe and Sustaining

The Killing of Charles Bush by Las Vegas Police

May 6, 2022May 4, 2022 Tyler D. Parry Charles Bush, Las Vegas, Nevada, police violence, Protest

In the early morning of July 31, 1990, Terri Siddoway left her apartment and journeyed toward a nearby convenience store

Black Trans Feminism: Marquis Bey interviewed by Guy Emerson Mount

April 15, 2022April 14, 2022 Guy Emerson Mount abolition, black feminism, black radical tradition, Black Trans Feminism, feminism, interview

In this interview I speak with Marquis Bey about their new book Black Trans Feminism which takes a broadly abolitionist

State v. Mann: Lydia’s Journey

February 23, 2022February 22, 2022 Sally Greene Black women, Freedom Suits, law, North Carolina, slavery

Naturally, we don’t know her full name. That we know her at all is only because of a gun aimed

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