Bound in Wedlock: A New Book on Slave and Free Marriage in the 19th Century
This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Slavery
Interrogating the Master Narrative of “My Family’s Slave”
Alex Tizon’s widely acclaimed article in The Atlantic about his family’s horrific abuse and exploitation of a domestic worker has
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Commemorating Slavery in Nantes, France: Material and Virtual Traces
On a recent research trip to Nantes, on the Atlantic coast of France, I came across two particular sites where
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A Case for Reparations at the University of Chicago
Julia Leakes yearned to be reunited with her family. In 1853, her two sisters showed up for sale along with
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Translation for the Purposes of Indictment: Baron de Vastey in Colonial Jamaica
In February 1817, a man named Thomas Strafford returned to Kingston from the Kingdom of Hayti. Shortly afterward he would
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