On Slavery, Freedom, and Belonging
Last month, I wrote a post contemplating how historians can write African American intellectual history before the American Revolution and
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African American Intellectual History before the American Revolution
As a historian of slavery and colonial America, I have to admit I was a bit taken aback when asked
Read moreOn Scipio Africanus and Nicki Minaj
“I who was Born a PAGAN and a SLAVE Now sweetly sleep a CHRISTIAN in my Grave What tho’ my
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Black Death: Gore, Geographies and the Gallows in Jamaica
One evening, on a road in Jamaica, a soldier belonging to the “Mulatto Company” made his evening rounds. He came
Read moreSean Wilentz is wrong about the Founders, slavery, and the Constitution
According to Sean Wilentz’s opinion piece in the September 16 New York Times, the Constitution of 1787 did not make
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