American Revolution

Black Patriotism and Black Death in the Aftermath of the American Revolution

On June 15, 1776, Lucretia Pritchett petitioned the Virginia Convention seeking reparations for the deceased enslaved man over whom she

A conversation about history, truth, and the American experience is necessary in these troubled times. The truth is under assault

In today’s post, historian Stephen G. Hall, Fellow at the National Humanities Center, interviews Mitch Kachun on his new book First Martyr of

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black

In the summer of 1777, as musket balls flew about New York’s battlefields, José de Gálvez felt confident. The American