Freedom, Race, and Desertion in America’s Civil War
This is a guest post by Jonathan Lande, winner of the 2016 Du Bois-Wells Graduate Student Paper Prize. This annual
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Slavery
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
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“Change for a $20” read news blurbs on Wednesday, with the announcement that Harriet Tubman will appear on U.S. currency.
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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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Celia, #BlackLivesMatter, and the Diffusion of Black Thought
One of the hardest days in my early African American history class is the day that we analyze State of
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