Haitian Writer Baron de Vastey and Black Atlantic Humanism: An Interview with Marlene L. Daut
In today’s post, Julia Gaffield, Assistant Professor of History at Georgia State University, interviews Marlene L. Daut on her new book Baron
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Meaning of freedom
Claiming Freedom: A New Book on the Transition from Slavery to Emancipation in Georgia
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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British Culpability in the Trading and Enslavement of Africans
“In 1833, Britain used £20 million, 40 per cent of its national budget, to buy freedom for all slaves in
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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Souls of Academic Folk
*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. In higher education debates, W.E.B. Du Bois is perhaps
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Chokwe Lumumba and Black Nationalist Convergence
Eight months into his tenure as mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Chokwe Lumumba passed away on February 25, 2014. The sixty-six-year-old mayor
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