Mastering the Master’s Language
In my previous two posts, I have made an attempt to better understand early African American intellectual history, first providing
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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
Read moreOn Slavery, Freedom, and Belonging
Last month, I wrote a post contemplating how historians can write African American intellectual history before the American Revolution and
Read moreRevisiting Palmares: Maroon Communities in Brazil (Celeste Henery)
This is a guest post by Celeste Henery, a Research Associate at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) in the
Read moreWhen Cops Kill the Terrorists Win
On June 15, 1969 the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover, famously declared that the
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