Slavery’s Metropolis: A New Book on Unfree Labor in New Orleans
This post is part of a blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in African
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American Revolution
Dark Work: A New Book on the Business of Slavery in Rhode Island
This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am editing, which announces the publication of selected
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Dangerous Neighbors: A New Book on the Haitian Revolution’s Impact on Early America
This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am editing–announcing the publication of selected new books
Read moreSlavery and Emancipation in New England: A Bibliography
Over the past few months, I have been writing posts exploring pre-modern black intellectual history. They have largely focused on
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Finding Agency in Unexpected Places
Ezekiel Price was a notary public in Boston, Massachusetts whose career spanned from the 1750s until the 1780s. He dutifully
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