Book Review - AAIHS

Claiming Freedom in the Low Country

African American landownership in the South Carolina and Georgia lowcountry has been a major topic of discussion for a number

Mound Bayou, Mississippi, founded by Isaiah T. Montgomery—formerly enslaved by Joseph Davis—and his relative Benjamin Green, tells a story of

The study of slavery in New England has experienced something of a revival in the last decade. Given that New

Practically any modern American historian can narrate a brief history of redlining in the United States. As the story goes,

The past five years have brought numerous fifty-year Civil Rights and Black Power Movement commemorations to the fore. Last year,