Frederick Douglass’s Compressed, Expanding World
In February 1848, angry Parisians crowded their city’s streets to protest restrictive monarchial policies. The Prime Minister resigned, the king
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Visible Fugitives
Often times when students hear me lecture about the famed Brazilian quilombo (runaway settlement) of Palmares, they want to know
Read moreAfrican American Intellectual History before the American Revolution
As a historian of slavery and colonial America, I have to admit I was a bit taken aback when asked
Read moreState of the Field Roundtable at #ASALH100
At the recent meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, I had the pleasure
Read moreAfrican American Diplomacy and Disruptive Activism (Athan Biss)
This is a guest post by Athan Biss, a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of
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