British Culpability in the Trading and Enslavement of Africans
“In 1833, Britain used £20 million, 40 per cent of its national budget, to buy freedom for all slaves in
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Slavery
On Borders and the Matters of Black Life: A Review of “Seven Seconds”
*Editor’s Note: This essay contains spoilers* In the recently released Netflix drama, Seven Seconds, viewers are confronted with a dramatization of
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Enslaved People and Divorce in the African Diaspora
Numerous books and articles analyze the concept of “slave marriage,” but other than a few exceptional works, the historical literature
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History, Memory, and the Power of Black Radio
Between 1948 and 1950, a radio series called Destination Freedom aired on WMAQ, a local Chicago NBC station. Richard Durham
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Death and Memory From Mississippi to Chicago
My grandfather died on Christmas Eve. I never knew him, but his legend still hangs over me. Even though I’m named
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