Free Blacks and the Haitian Revolution in Cartagena and Charleston (John Garrison Marks)
Today’s guest post comes from John Garrison Marks, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Rice University. His
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On Slavery, Freedom, and Belonging
Last month, I wrote a post contemplating how historians can write African American intellectual history before the American Revolution and
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In 1798, Luís Gonzaga, a free man of African descent was arrested for promoting rebellion against slavery and colonialism in
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Black Death: Gore, Geographies and the Gallows in Jamaica
One evening, on a road in Jamaica, a soldier belonging to the “Mulatto Company” made his evening rounds. He came
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Charnesia Corley & a Storify for the #blkwomensyllabus
This past Monday, a young black woman in Texas named Charnesia Corley was stopped by the police as she ran
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