Rendezvous with Freedom
“Change for a $20” read news blurbs on Wednesday, with the announcement that Harriet Tubman will appear on U.S. currency.
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#SayHerName: The Sandra Bland Movement
In January, I posted on some of the latest developments in the case of Sandra Bland. This month I offer
Read moreA Telenovela, Slavery, and the Diaspora
A Escrava Isaura, the 1875 novel by Bernardo Guimaraes, was one of a number of late 19th century works of
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Making Freedom in Colonial Antigua: An Interview with Natasha Lightfoot
This month, I interviewed historian Natasha Lightfoot about her new book, Troubling Freedom: Antigua and the Aftermath of British Emancipation
Read moreRace, Reconstruction, and Reparations
This is a guest post by Keri Leigh Merritt, a historian of the 19th c. American South. She received her
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