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State v. Mann: Lydia’s Journey

February 23, 2022February 22, 2022 Sally Greene Black women, Freedom Suits, law, North Carolina, slavery

Naturally, we don’t know her full name. That we know her at all is only because of a gun aimed

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The Black Radical Tradition in *The Dawn of Everything*

January 21, 2022January 20, 2022 Kevin Suemnicht black intellectual history, black lives matter, slavery

Amidst ongoing racial injustice, the threat of global climate change, and the disappointing aftermath of the George Floyd Rebellion, is

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Contemplating Black Ecologies

May 4, 2021June 5, 2021 Celeste Henery Black Ecologies, black feminism

Earlier this year, political scientist and Black feminist Julia Jordan-Zachery asked the question, “What do Black women think about the

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The Revolt That Almost Overthrew Slavery

April 29, 2021April 28, 2021 Bram Hoonhout black rebellion, Caribbean, slavery

In 1763, in a remote corner of the Atlantic world, enslaved people came closer than ever before to overthrowing slavery

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Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World

February 26, 2021February 21, 2021 Robert D. Taber African Diaspora, archives, black feminism, Black women, Gender, race, slave trade, slavery

Trite historical surveys of the Black experience in the United States will feature questions of identity politics (Combahee River Collective

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