The Futures of Frederick Douglass: An Introduction
*This post is part of the online forum on The Futures of Frederick Douglass. The contributions in this forum each
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Abolitionism
American Founders: A New Book on the African Diaspora and New World Freedom
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Black Women’s Anti-Colonizationist Political Thought
Black women have always been at the forefront of Black political movements. From Maria Stewart and Ida B. Wells-Barnett in
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‘Force and Freedom’: A New Book About Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Fugitive Slaves and the Quest for Freedom
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 intended to resolve whether free states had a legal obligation to return fugitive enslaved
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