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Did abolitionism cause the Civil War?

August 29, 2015August 30, 2015 Patrick Rael

I recently came across a review on a conservative website of Thomas Fleming’s A Disease in the Public Mind: A

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Conclusion: Roundtable on Pan-Africanism and Communism by Hakim Adi

July 31, 2015April 24, 2016 Guest Poster #AAIHSRoundtable, Communism, Pan-Africanism

This is the final day of the AAIHS’ roundtable on Hakim Adi’s Pan-Africanism and Communism. We began with an introduction

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Charlemagne Péralte and Haitian Resistance to the U.S. Occupation: An Interview with Yveline Alexis

July 14, 2015February 11, 2016 Brandon Byrd Haiti, imperialism

For the seventh part of my series on the centennial of the U.S. occupation of Haiti, I spoke with Yveline

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Locating and Connecting Latin America and the African Diaspora

May 27, 2015May 28, 2015 Chris Cameron

A few months ago, Greg Childs explored the connections between African Diaspora and Latin American historiography, noting the need for

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Fighting for Freedom: Free Women of African Descent in New Orleans and Beyond

April 12, 2015April 12, 2015 Jessica Marie Johnson black protest, black rebellion, Civil War, freedom, reconstruction, slavery

Delivered at the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival on Saturday, March 28, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the panel

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