Eric Williams’ ‘Capitalism and Slavery’ and the Archive of Freedom
*This essay is part of our online forum on Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery (1944), organized by historian Sasha Turner. The forum is in
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Eric Williams’ ‘Capitalism and Slavery’: A Blueprint for Reparations
*This essay is part of our online forum on Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery (1944), organized by historian Sasha Turner.
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We Need Histories of Radical Black Ecology Now
*This post is part of our new series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. The events
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‘Island on Fire’: A New Book about the Revolt that Ended Slavery in the British Empire
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 Deaths and Black Mourning in the Time of Coronavirus
That coronavirus (COVID-19) is “the great equalizer” has quickly become an old and tired adage, rightly critiqued by scholars and
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