Search Results for: slavery

Finding Toussaint L’Ouverture in Tennessee

July 20, 2017July 23, 2017 Brandon Byrd Black women, Haiti, slavery

In the summer of 1777, as musket balls flew about New York’s battlefields, José de Gálvez felt confident. The American

Read more

Black Motherhood and the Limits of Empathy

July 19, 2017July 23, 2017 Sasha Turner art, motherhood, slavery

Although it has been months since the controversy over Dana Schutz’s painting, “Open Casket,” which depicted Emmett Till’s mutilated face

Read more

Hubert Harrison: Black Griot of the Harlem Renaissance

July 8, 2017July 10, 2017 Brian Kwoba Garveyism, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, Marcus Garvey, New York, Universal Negro Improvement Association

The historical restoration of Hubert Henry Harrison (1883–1927) calls for a rethinking of the Black radical tradition in the early

Read more

Frederick Douglass on the Fourth of July

July 4, 2017July 6, 2017 AAIHS Editors Frederick Douglass, slavery

*The following post is an abridged version of Fredrick Douglass‘ famed speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of

Read more

The Enduring Controversies of the N-Word

June 30, 2017July 3, 2017 Tyler Parry digital media, language, race, racism

Hearing the N-word uttered in popular media is rather familiar in the United States. A version of the word is

Read more