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Haiti, Cultural Politics, and US Occupation

April 18, 2018April 24, 2018 Karen Cook Bell black intellectual history, Haiti, imperialism, literature, poetry

Haiti’s intellectual dissidents played an instrumental role in advocating the Haitianization of Haiti–the embrace of Haitian culture, peasant life, and

British Culpability in the Trading and Enslavement of Africans

April 12, 2018April 24, 2018 Sasha Turner Blacks in Britain, Caribbean, reparations, slave trade, slavery

“In 1833, Britain used £20 million, 40 per cent of its national budget, to buy freedom for all slaves in

Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Miami’s History

March 19, 2018March 22, 2018 Kevin C. Quin Black Queers, Caribbean, Gender, sexuality

Palm trees, ocean breezes, and avenues bursting with glowing neon signs are just a few of the things that comes

Marcus Garvey. Photo: Caribbean National Weekly.

Marcus Garvey: A New Biography on the Jamaican Black Nationalist

February 24, 2018March 1, 2018 Keisha N. Blain Activism, black internationalism, Garveyism, Pan-Africanism

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

"Cruelties of slavery." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1835-05.

Surviving Slavery in the British Caribbean: A New Book on Atlantic Slavery

January 27, 2018February 2, 2018 Keisha N. Blain African Diaspora, archives, Caribbean, freedom, slavery

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History