The ‘Dixie Narrative’ and the Meaning of Slavery
*This is a guest post from Ibrahim Sundiata, emeritus professor of African/Afro-American Studies and History at Brandeis University. Sundiata is
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Conversion and Hypocrisy: Reflections on the Challenges of Teaching about the Christianity of Slaves and Masters
“…between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference — so wide,
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In 1798, in the captaincy of Pernambuco in the northeast region of the Portuguese colony of Brazil, a young woman
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Free Blacks in Accomack County during the Antebellum Period
This post is part of our forum on “The Books, Archives, and Monuments That Shaped Me.” During the Antebellum period,
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A Black Woman’s Story of Sacrifice and Survival
On January 4, 1861−one week before Alabama officially seceded from the Union−a 65-year-old freed Black woman named Sally Johnson, petitioned
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