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Reading the Language of Violence in the Middle Passage

March 10, 2017July 20, 2018 Vanessa M. Holden #SlaveryAtSea, slave trade, violence

This post is part of our online roundtable on Sowande’ Mustakeem’s Slavery at Sea “The dead are not remembered in

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State Violence and the Canudos Massacre in Brazil

February 18, 2017February 20, 2017 Greg Childs Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, freedom, marronage

In April of 1897, General Artur Oscar de Andrade Guimarães began preparing for an expedition that would carry he and

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Race, Class, and Television: A First Look at Brazil’s Dystopic Drama 3%

January 18, 2017January 20, 2017 Greg Childs Afro-Brazilians, Afrofuturism, Brazil

3% is Netflix’s latest original series ordered up from Latin America, and the first from Brazil. Set in a dystopic

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Gender, Slavery, and the Archive in Cuba: An Interview with Aisha Finch

December 12, 2016December 11, 2016 Reena Goldthree black politics, Cuba, slavery

This month, I interviewed Aisha Finch about her new book, Rethinking Slave Rebellion in Cuba: La Escalera and the Insurgencies

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Freedom as Marronage as Anti-capitalism

December 8, 2016January 21, 2017 Patrick Nichols Jamaica, marronage

On December 23, 1739, Captain Quao of the Windward Maroons penned an “X” and swore a blood oath to formally

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