Making Jokes and History in An Octoroon
Last weekend I saw a performance of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins‘ play An Octoroon, which is a reimagining of Dion Boucicault’s The
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Slave law
Creating an African American Identity and a New Nation
This is a guest post by Daniel R. Mandell, Professor of History at Truman State University. Prof. Mandell recently received
Read moreLeveraging the Law
In the 1670s, an enslaved woman named Hannah appeared before Boston’s criminal court accused of stealing surgical equipment from Daniel
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