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James Pennington’s Fight for African Slave Trade Refugees

February 17, 2017February 19, 2017 Sharla M. Fett slave trade, slavery

In the hot summer of 1860, Americans confronted an urgent refugee crisis. Over 1,400 young and destitute Africans, seized by

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Pictorial Manifestations: On a Younger Harriet Tubman

February 15, 2017February 19, 2017 Janell Hobson Harriet Tubman, Post-Civil War, slavery, Underground Railroad, Visual Culture

Few may remember the rather juvenile comments objecting to the announcement on April 20, 2016 by the Department of the

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Private, Public, and Vigilante Violence, Part 4

February 12, 2017February 16, 2017 Keri Leigh Merritt emancipation, mass incarceration, police brutality, police violence, white supremacy

This essay is Part Four of a four part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first

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“More and More Influential”: Frederick Douglass and Donald Trump

February 8, 2017February 12, 2017 Juliet Hooker Donald Trump, Frederick Douglass

As President Trump recently said on the occasion of Black History Month, Frederick Douglass “is being recognized by more and

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Never Caught: A New Book on George Washington’s Pursuit of His Runaway Slave

February 8, 2017February 11, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Black women, slavery

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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