Making Freedom in Colonial Antigua: An Interview with Natasha Lightfoot
This month, I interviewed historian Natasha Lightfoot about her new book, Troubling Freedom: Antigua and the Aftermath of British Emancipation
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#AAIHS2016: New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition (Day Two)
Today is the second day of our conference, “New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition,” at the University of North
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#AAIHS2016: New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition (Day One)
Today is the first day of our conference, “New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition,” at the University of North
Read moreBenedicta’s Cabin and the Space of Silence
On August 12, 1798- the day in which the so-called Tailor’s Conspiracy of Bahia, Brazil was discovered by colonial authorities-
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In 1798, Luís Gonzaga, a free man of African descent was arrested for promoting rebellion against slavery and colonialism in
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