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Christmas and Resistance to Slavery in the Americas

It was a humid Christmas day in 1820 when twenty-five-year-old Santiago Martínez presented himself before the army commander stationed in

July 4 is not normally a day that we associate with black history. The “we” here refers both to the

The following guest post was written by David Weinfeld. He teaches United States history at the University of Toronto. He previously

This is a guest post by Athan Biss, a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of

During the past week, Patricia Arquette’s comments during her Oscars acceptance speech have ignited debate across