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Historical Legacies, Black Canadian Slavery, and Institutional Histories

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Melissa N. Shaw Black women, Canada, slavery, Universities, Women

McGill University’s institutional history dramatically changes when it accounts for the fact that its founder, James McGill, was an enslaver

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Reproductive Rights, Slavery, and ‘Dobbs v. Jackson’

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 Jennifer L. Morgan

This post is part of our forum on “Black Women and Reproductive Rights.” In 1662, the Virginia legislature cast a

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Slavery, Capitalism, and Empire: A CBFS Interview

April 6, 2022April 5, 2022 Erik Wallenberg black lives matter, capitalism, CBFS, empire, Puerto Rico, slavery, South Carolina, World War II

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

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Slavery and Disability Discourse

September 16, 2021September 15, 2021 Christopher D. E. Willoughby racism, slavery

In an 1851 report to the Louisiana Medical Association, New Orleans physician Samuel Cartwright coined the term “drapetomania”—the disease that

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Theorists, Strategists, and Histories of Slavery

September 7, 2021November 18, 2021 Diana Paton Black women, slavery

In the 1640s in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, Maria Portogoys, a “half free,” formerly enslaved woman, arranged that

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