Frederick Douglass and Fugitivity
*This post is part of our online forum on the life of Frederick Douglass. If I had to choose a single
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Free People of Color
Mentha Morrison: A Story of Debt Peonage in Jim Crow Georgia
Mentha Morrison wanted her husband back. The problem was not domestic, it was legal. Jackson Morrison owed the state of
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Slavery, Family Separation, and the Ransom Case of John Weems
During the nineteenth century, several state laws prohibited, or restricted the ability of African Americans to testify against white people.
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Windrush and Britain’s Long History of Racialized Belonging
In November 2017, 61-year-old Paulette Wilson decided to publicly share her story of being detained in the infamous Yarl’s Wood
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A Brief History of the “Black Friend”
In June 2018, two news reports encapsulated a problem in American race relations: a white person says something racist, apologizes
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