Eric Williams’ ‘Capitalism and Slavery’ and the Archive of Freedom
*This essay is part of our online forum on Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery (1944), organized by historian Sasha Turner. The forum is in
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Eric Williams’ Foundational Work on Slavery, Industry, and Wealth
*This essay is part of our online forum on Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery (1944), organized by historian Sasha Turner.
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Online Forum: Eric Williams’ ‘Capitalism and Slavery’
September 21–25, 2020 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), will host an online forum on
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Chadwick Boseman and the Semiotics of Liberation
The actor’s gift is to see themselves through the eyes of their audience, while maintaining an internal sense of sincerity
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Afropessimism’s Contributions to Black Studies
According to Frank Wilderson, Afropessimism contends that “Blacks are not Human subjects, but are instead structurally inert props, implements for
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