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Frederick Douglass’s Vision of America

*This post is part of our online forum on the life of Frederick Douglass. Fellow Citizens: I’m worried. Very worried. But don’t

Frederick Douglass and Fugitivity

November 26, 2018December 3, 2018 Manisha Sinha Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass Forum, fugitivity, Resistance, slavery

*This post is part of our online forum on the life of Frederick Douglass. If I had to choose a single

The Relationship between Blackness and Europeanness

November 20, 2018November 26, 2018 Noémi Michel African Diaspora, Black Europe, Black Europe Series, black internationalism, race, Resistance

*This post is part of our blog series on Black Europe. This series, edited by Kira Thurman and Anne-Marie Angelo, explores what it means to

‘The Captive’s Quest for Freedom’: An Interview with Historian Richard Blackett

November 16, 2018November 20, 2018 Rachel Zellars black protest, Canada, fugitivity, law, slave trade, slavery

In today’s post, Rachel Zellars, contributor for Black Perspectives, interviews historian Richard Blackett, about his new book, The Captive’s Quest for Freedom: Fugitive

‘New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition’: A New Book on Black Thinkers in the US and Abroad

November 15, 2018November 19, 2018 Melissa N. Shaw black intellectual history

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History