“The times requires this testimony”: William Still’s The Underground Railroad
William Still, the leader of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society (PAS) Vigilance Committee, kept meticulous records on the hundreds of women
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Slavery
Black Americans and Wedding Rituals: An Interview with Tyler D. Parry
This post is part of our forum on “The Significance of the Black Family in the US.” In today’s post,
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The Relevance of 1619 in Black Family Oral History
This post is part of our forum on “The Significance of the Black Family in the US.” The 400th Commemoration
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On War and U.S. Slavery: Enslaved Black Women’s Experiences
The experiences of enslaved women and girls in the wars of the United States has garnered increased scholarly attention, most
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Marriage and Slavery in Colonial Venezuela
On September 2, the National Academy of History and the Venezuela History Network in Caracas announced the transcription and digitization
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