The Fallacy of 1619: Rethinking the History of Africans in Early America
In 1619, “20. and odd Negroes” arrived off the coast of Virginia, where they were “bought for victualle” by labor-hungry
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colonialism
Civil Rights Organizations, the Black Press, and Ethnic Nationalist Movements in Africa
As African societies began to break the shackles of colonial domination during the mid-twentieth century, African Americans looked to these
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Translation for the Purposes of Indictment: Baron de Vastey in Colonial Jamaica
In February 1817, a man named Thomas Strafford returned to Kingston from the Kingdom of Hayti. Shortly afterward he would
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Reproductive Rights and Race Struggle in the Decolonizing Caribbean
On May 27, 1935, hundreds of Bermudians gathered in a protest chaired by barrister David Tucker, member of the League
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Resurrecting Slavery: A New Book on Racial Legacies in France
This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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