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Black Women, Slavery, and Silences of the Past

September 28, 2016September 26, 2016 Brandon Byrd black intellectual history, Black women, emancipation

Power does not enter the story once and for all, but at different times and from different angles. It precedes

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Forging Black Identities in Slavery and Freedom: An Interview with Alex Borucki

September 2, 2016August 31, 2016 Reena Goldthree slave trade

This month, I interviewed Alex Borucki about his new book, From Shipmates to Soldiers: Emerging Black Identities in the Río

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Dark Work: A New Book on the Business of Slavery in Rhode Island

August 30, 2016January 1, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi capitalism, slavery

This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am editing, which announces the publication of selected

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La Esclava Blanca: The New Telenovela Rewriting Colombia’s History of Slavery

July 6, 2016July 1, 2016 Guest Poster Colombia, Latin America

This is a guest post by Yesenia Barragan, a historian of race, slavery, and emancipation in Colombia, Afro-Latin America, and

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Remembering Slavery and Freedom

May 25, 2016May 25, 2016 Christopher Bonner emancipation

What would a memorial to slavery look like? What story would it tell? What function would we want it to

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