James Pennington’s Fight for African Slave Trade Refugees
In the hot summer of 1860, Americans confronted an urgent refugee crisis. Over 1,400 young and destitute Africans, seized by
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Antebellum
Never Caught: A New Book on George Washington’s Pursuit of His Runaway Slave
This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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David Walker and the Problem of American Consensus
There are many different ways to teach the historical development of African American political history. One way is in the
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The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: A New Book on the Value of the Enslaved
This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Private, Public, and Vigilante Violence in Slave Societies, Part 3
This essay is Part Three of a four part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first
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