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Bound in Wedlock: A New Book on Slave and Free Marriage in the 19th Century

June 3, 2017June 7, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi 19th Century, Marriage

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

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Fugitivity, Refusal, and Visual Captivity: A Review of Tina Campt’s Listening to Images

May 27, 2017May 31, 2017 J. T. Roane Sandra Bland

I will never forget the unnerving feeling that washed over me when I first saw Sandra Bland’s mug shot circulating

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The History and Significance of Kente Cloth in the Black Diaspora

May 22, 2017May 24, 2017 James Padilioni Jr African Diaspora, education

This spring thousands of college students will march across commencement stages to receive their degrees. Many of these students will

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A Case for Reparations at the University of Chicago

May 22, 2017December 2, 2017 Guest Poster Chicago, slavery, University of Chicago

Julia Leakes yearned to be reunited with her family.  In 1853, her two sisters showed up for sale along with

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Translation for the Purposes of Indictment: Baron de Vastey in Colonial Jamaica

May 18, 2017May 22, 2017 Marlene L. Daut Caribbean, colonialism, Haiti, Haitian Revolution, Jamaica, slavery

In February 1817, a man named Thomas Strafford returned to Kingston from the Kingdom of Hayti. Shortly afterward he would

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