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Immunity, Capitalism, and the Antebellum New Orleans

November 22, 2022November 18, 2022 Maniza Ahmed racism, slavery

Many believed that Union soldiers stationed in New Orleans, Louisiana, would soon die. Both Union soldiers and city residents expected

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Denmark Vesey’s Family Legacy

November 16, 2022November 11, 2022 Xavier Aubrey Spencer #BlackFamily, Charleston, Denmark Vesey, Slave Revolt, South Carolina

This post is part of our forum on “The Significance of the Black Family in the US.” In 1795, on

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Historical Legacies, Black Canadian Slavery, and Institutional Histories

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Melissa N. Shaw 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

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The Spanish Slave Ship Carlotta “Denounced” By a Shark

June 22, 2022August 4, 2022 Aderivaldo Ramos de Santana Black Atlantic, Brazil, Carlotta, Haiti, Historiography, Shark, Slave Ship, Spain

On September 4, 2022, we remember an important date in the history of the Brazilian nation: 172 years since the

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The Consequences of USCT Soldiering

May 26, 2022May 25, 2022 Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. Civil War, Pension System, reparations, United States Colored Infantry, United States Colored Troop, USCI, USCT

Solomon Wilson, a Thirty-First United States Colored Infantry (USCI) soldier, died in a regimental hospital on August 6, 1864. An

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