‘Island on Fire’: A New Book about the Revolt that Ended Slavery in the British Empire
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Featured Books
Black Amazonia: Environmental Knowledge In the Struggle for Black Liberation In Brazil
The question of Black peoples’ relationship to the natural environment is a complex one. Overwhelmingly, scholarly discourse on this relationship
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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
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Becoming Human: A New Book on Blackness and Animality
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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“An Oasis in Turbulent Times”: Black Towns, Black Futures
Mound Bayou, Mississippi, founded by Isaiah T. Montgomery—formerly enslaved by Joseph Davis—and his relative Benjamin Green, tells a story of
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