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Black Women, West Indian Networks, and US immigration

“I was numb, but it was from not knowing just what this new life would hold for me.” —Jamaica Kincaid, Lucy

In 1841, Mrs. John Little crossed the Ohio River and left behind a life of bondage. After a long journey,

In today’s post, Tiana U. Wilson, managing editor of Black Perspectives, interviews Dr. Patricia Romney on her new book, We

On March 5, 1770, a twenty-three-year-old woman, her eight-month-old daughter, and her husband escaped from bondage in Leacock Township in

In 2003, Kenneth Greenberg edited a collection of essays on the Southampton County, Virginia, slave revolt commonly known as Nat