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Claiming Freedom in the Low Country

May 13, 2020May 11, 2020 Adam McNeil Georgia, landownership, slavery

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

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Black Lives & Native Lands: Rewriting the History of New England

May 5, 2020May 3, 2020 David Guzman African Diaspora, slavery

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

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Surviving Slavery: Contests Over Bondage in Berbice

March 26, 2020March 22, 2020 Andrew Kettler African Diaspora, law, slavery, South America

Surviving Slavery in the British Caribbean concentrates on the question of agency, whereby narratives of life on plantations in Berbice

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Inland Shift: Towards a Radical Intercommunalism in the Inland Empire

November 19, 2019November 16, 2019 J. T. Roane Activism, black intellectual history, Black Panther Party, black protest, capitalism, economic justice, environment, geography, Resistance

*This essay is republished in partnership with Boom California as part of an ongoing series on Black California. During a speech

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Activism and Agriculture: An Interview with Farmer Kamal Bell

November 8, 2019October 31, 2019 Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt #BlackOrganizingToday, Activism, African Diaspora, economic justice, education, organizing, youth

This post is part of our Black Organizing Today Series. This series, edited by Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt, consists of interviews highlighting the

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