Sexuality, History, and Britain’s Colonial Legacy
A recent editorial letter in the Jamaica Gleaner condemning the newspaper’s feature of popular dance-hall artist, Beenie Man, his so-called Babymama,
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Author: Sasha Turner
Challenging the Boundaries of Women’s History and Beyond
Earlier this year, the Coordinating Council for Women in History issued a statement condemning the all-white male conference held at
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Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History
The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History opens up with a list of chattel—the names
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British Culpability in the Trading and Enslavement of Africans
“In 1833, Britain used £20 million, 40 per cent of its national budget, to buy freedom for all slaves in
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New Directions in Black Women’s History
The New Directions in Female Bondage roundtable at this year’s Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association (AHA), featured the recent
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