Search Results for: Frederick Douglass

Why did Nat Turner “confess”?

April 29, 2015April 29, 2015 Patrick Rael Henry Highland Garnet, Nat Turner, William Lloyd Garrison

Turner sought to carry on in words the work he had begun with a sword. This blog has been blessed

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A Bibliography of African American Freethought

March 5, 2015March 13, 2015 Chris Cameron

Over the past two years, I have been conducting research for a book project on African American freethought, an orientation

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Women’s History Month: The Legacy of the Fight over the 15th Amendment

March 2, 2015March 2, 2015 Noelle Trent Fifteenth Amendment, Frederick Douglass

                     During the past week, Patricia Arquette’s comments during her Oscars acceptance speech have ignited debate across

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The “Black Republic:” The Meaning of Haitian Independence before the Occupation

February 13, 2015February 13, 2015 Brandon Byrd

This is the second entry in a series on the centennial of the U.S. occupation of Haiti. The introduction to

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Author Interview: Lindsey R. Swindall on Southern Civil Rights and Anticolonialism

February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 Chris Cameron

Today’s guest post comes from Phillip Luke Sinitiere, currently a professor of history at the College of Biblical Studies, a

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