Featured Books - AAIHS

Black Amazonia: Environmental Knowledge In the Struggle for Black Liberation In Brazil

The question of Black peoples’ relationship to the natural environment is a complex one. Overwhelmingly, scholarly discourse on this relationship

African American landownership in the South Carolina and Georgia lowcountry has been a major topic of discussion for a number

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

Mound Bayou, Mississippi, founded by Isaiah T. Montgomery—formerly enslaved by Joseph Davis—and his relative Benjamin Green, tells a story of

The study of slavery in New England has experienced something of a revival in the last decade. Given that New