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Sexuality, History, and Britain’s Colonial Legacy

October 23, 2018November 5, 2018 Sasha Turner colonialism, Jamaica, Marriage, religion, white supremacy

A recent editorial letter in the Jamaica Gleaner condemning the newspaper’s feature of popular dance-hall artist, Beenie Man, his so-called Babymama,

A History of Slavery in the United States

October 15, 2018October 17, 2018 Calvin Schermerhorn slavery

This is an excerpt from Calvin Schermerhorn’s Unrequited Toil: A History of United States Slavery (Cambridge University Press, 2018). This excerpt has been reprinted

Enslaved People in Eighteenth-century Britain: An Interview with Nelson Mundell

October 10, 2018October 17, 2018 Keisha N. Blain African Diaspora, archives, Race and Economic History, research, slavery

In today’s post, Keisha N. Blain, Senior Editor of Black Perspectives, interviews Nelson Mundell about the new online database, Runaway Slaves

‘The Dawn of Detroit’: An Interview with Historian Tiya Miles

September 20, 2018September 25, 2018 Alaina E. Roberts African Diaspora, Canada, Detroit, race, slave trade

In today’s post, Alaina E. Roberts, the Dietrich Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at the University of

Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century

September 19, 2018September 25, 2018 Vanessa M. Holden Marriage, Post-Civil War, race, racism, slavery, white supremacy

A recent NPR article entitled “Same-Sex-Marriage Flashpoint: Alabama Considers Quitting The Marriage Business” ⁠included a photo of two African American