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Blackness, a Haunted History

Historians generally frame their writing and research around the notion of change over time, assuming that time moves forward. But

Recently scholars have come to question “emancipation” as the proper terminology for describing the end of American slavery, preferring instead

Barbados was the birthplace of British slave society and the most ruthlessly colonized by Britain’s ruling elites. They made their

We’re living in one of those moments that doesn’t happen often: elite universities are suddenly interested in their slave-related pasts.

This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History