Black Patriotism and Black Death in the Aftermath of the American Revolution
On June 15, 1776, Lucretia Pritchett petitioned the Virginia Convention seeking reparations for the deceased enslaved man over whom she
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early republic
Liberalism, Emancipation, and the Atlantic World
George Hackett’s trajectory simmered with the tensions that defined the Age of Emancipations. Hackett was born at the turn of
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Black Pioneers and the Struggle for Equality on the Frontier
At the turn of the 20th century historian Frederick Jackson Turner argued, “[t]he frontier is the line of most rapid
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Readings on the History of the Atlantic World
Several months ago, Five Books published a list of 5 books on the Atlantic World, which included some notable omissions.
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A Discourse on Race and Inequality in the United States
*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing some of our favorite BP articles from this year. We begin with this
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