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Slavery, New Orleans, and the Counting Blues

In “Countin’ the Blues,” Gertrude “Ma” Rainey sings, “Layin’ in my bed with my face turned to the wall…Tryin’ to

In the hot summer of 1860, Americans confronted an urgent refugee crisis. Over 1,400 young and destitute Africans, seized by

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

This essay is Part Three of a four part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first

The recent election has renewed interest in the history of the Electoral College, as evident in Christopher F. Petrella’s excellent