Revolving Doors of Fugitivity: Marronage and the Military
In October 1776, the governor of the Brazilian city Salvador da Bahia sent out letters encouraging municipal councils, landowners, captains
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Haiti and the Atlantic World: An Interview with Julia Gaffield
This month, I interviewed Julia Gaffield about her new book, Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World: Recognition after Revolution (University
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New African American History Museum Carries on a Radical Museum Tradition
This article originally appeared on Process, the blog of the Organization of American Historians. It has been reproduced here with
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Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century: A New Book on Black Girls in Literature
This post is part of a recurring blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in
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Black Women, Slavery, and Silences of the Past
Power does not enter the story once and for all, but at different times and from different angles. It precedes
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