The ‘Capitalized Womb’: A Review of Ned and Constance Sublette’s The American Slave Coast
Recently, I was asked to sit on a panel at the CUNY Graduate Center to discuss Ned & Constance Sublette’s
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#AAIHS2016: Reflecting on the Past’s Presence
Recently, I traveled to Chapel Hill for the first annual conference of the African American Intellectual History Society. But my
Read moreOn John Pory, America’s First Racist
Have you ever heard the name John Pory? It is a name all students of American history should know. It
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Eslanda Robeson’s African Journeys
This is a guest post by Dr. Annette Joseph-Gabriel, a scholar of Francophone Caribbean literature and culture. Her areas of
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Haiti, the Archive, and the Historical Imagination
In the fall of 1877, John Mercer Langston laid on his bed on board the British steamer “Andes.” He was
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