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The Relationship between Blackness and Europeanness

November 20, 2018November 26, 2018 Noémi Michel African Diaspora, Black Europe, Black Europe Series, black internationalism, race, Resistance

*This post is part of our blog series on Black Europe. This series, edited by Kira Thurman and Anne-Marie Angelo, explores what it means to

Readings on the History of the Atlantic World

November 19, 2018November 26, 2018 Vanessa M. Holden and Jessica Parr African Diaspora, capitalism, slave trade, slavery

Several months ago, Five Books published a list of 5 books on the Atlantic World, which included some notable omissions.

"Chained To The Hatch," 1864. Photo: NYPL Digital Collections.

Weathering the Transatlantic Slave Trade’s Final Odysseys

November 16, 2018November 20, 2018 Mary E. Hicks slave trade, slavery, South Carolina

The transatlantic slave trade, which endured for over 400 years, stitched together disparate, and as Sharla Fett reminds us, often

‘The Captive’s Quest for Freedom’: An Interview with Historian Richard Blackett

November 16, 2018November 20, 2018 Rachel Zellars black protest, Canada, fugitivity, law, slave trade, slavery

In today’s post, Rachel Zellars, contributor for Black Perspectives, interviews historian Richard Blackett, about his new book, The Captive’s Quest for Freedom: Fugitive

“They’re Chatterboxes with their Feet”: Black Dances in Early Modern Spain

November 12, 2018November 19, 2018 Nicholas R. Jones African Diaspora, black internationalism, Caribbean, Cuba, music, Resistance

In his Premática del Tiempo (1628; 1648), Francisco de Quevedo berates Black African slave culture flourishing on Spanish soil. What