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Slavery and Disability in Antebellum America

In 1794, U.S. inventor Eli Whitney patented a new type of cotton gin that could remove seeds from short staple

Today’s post is the second part of Black Perspectives’ regular contributor, Menika Dirkson interview of Mari N. Crabtree on her

This post is part of our online forum on Black Military Families in the Nineteenth Century. Black Perspectives’ Senior editor, Holly Pinheiro,

This post is part of our online forum on Black Military Families in the Nineteenth Century. Dedicated during the national reckoning of

This post is part of our online forum on Black Military Families in the Nineteenth Century. On May 1, 1861,