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On Slavery, Freedom, and Belonging

Last month, I wrote a post contemplating how historians can write African American intellectual history before the American Revolution and

In 1798, Luís Gonzaga, a free man of African descent was arrested for promoting rebellion against slavery and colonialism in

This is a guest post by Celeste Henery, a Research Associate at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) in the

Often times when students hear me lecture about the famed Brazilian quilombo (runaway settlement) of Palmares, they want to know

As a historian of slavery and colonial America, I have to admit I was a bit taken aback when asked