Frederick Douglass’s Childhood of “Extremes”
*This post is part of our online forum on the life of Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass possessed an extraordinary memory. By all
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Frederick Douglass and Fugitivity
*This post is part of our online forum on the life of Frederick Douglass. If I had to choose a single
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From Protestant Supremacy to Christian Slavery
Early in the morning on April 7, 1712, a group of approximately thirty enslaved individuals launched a dramatic revolt, killing
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Readings on the History of the Atlantic World
Several months ago, Five Books published a list of 5 books on the Atlantic World, which included some notable omissions.
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Weathering the Transatlantic Slave Trade’s Final Odysseys
The transatlantic slave trade, which endured for over 400 years, stitched together disparate, and as Sharla Fett reminds us, often
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