Black Rights and Black Citizenship in Antebellum Baltimore
Throughout my life, I have grappled with the precarious and vulnerable nature of Black life in the United States and
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‘The Dawn of Detroit’: An Interview with Historian Tiya Miles
In today’s post, Alaina E. Roberts, the Dietrich Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at the University of
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Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century
A recent NPR article entitled “Same-Sex-Marriage Flashpoint: Alabama Considers Quitting The Marriage Business” included a photo of two African American
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‘Unrequited Toil’: A New Book on the History of U.S. Slavery
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Slavery, Family Separation, and the Ransom Case of John Weems
During the nineteenth century, several state laws prohibited, or restricted the ability of African Americans to testify against white people.
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