A Compact for the Good of America? Slavery and the Three-Fifths Compromise
The recent election has renewed interest in the history of the Electoral College, as evident in Christopher F. Petrella’s excellent
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Gender, Slavery, and the Archive in Cuba: An Interview with Aisha Finch
This month, I interviewed Aisha Finch about her new book, Rethinking Slave Rebellion in Cuba: La Escalera and the Insurgencies
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A Global Vision: Ana Livia Cordero and the Puerto Rican Liberation Struggle
*This is the final post in our blog series on Women, Gender and Pan-Africanism edited by Keisha N. Blain. Blog
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Demystifying the 13th Amendment and Its Impact on Mass Incarceration
We’re learning a lot these days about the historical roots of mass incarceration. Michelle Alexander’s wildly successful book, The New
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The American Revolution, Race, and the Failed Beginning of a Nation
Although forms of systemic racism had certainly not gone away prior to Donald Trump’s election, that so many Americans voted
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