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Biographies of Women and Emancipation in the Americas

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Vanessa M. Holden Activism, African Diaspora, Black women, Gender, Resistance

Last fall, many people waited anxiously for the results of the U. S. elections. From Tuesday, November 3rd through Saturday,

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Runaway Slaves To Mexico and the Road to the Civil War

January 28, 2021January 26, 2021 Nakia D. Parker African Diaspora, Gender, Resistance, slavery, South

In May 2020, the New York Times published a story about the discovery of three skulls unearthed from a grave

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Women and Emancipation: An Interview with Erica Ball, Tatiana Seijas, and Terri Snyder

January 25, 2021January 21, 2021 Tyler Parry Activism, African Diaspora, archives, Black women, Gender, Resistance, slavery

In today’s post, senior editor Tyler D. Parry interviews Erica L. Ball, Tatiana Seijas, and Terri L. Snyder on their

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The Multiple Layers of the Carceral State

January 11, 2021January 10, 2021 Dan Berger #WeAreNotSlaves, carceral state, mass incarceration, prisons

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Robert T. Chase’s We Are Not Slaves. Robert Chase’s We Are

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Prison Policy from the Bottom Up

January 11, 2021January 10, 2021 Amanda Hughett #WeAreNotSlaves, carceral state, law, mass incarceration, Prison Abolition, prisons

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Robert T. Chase’s We Are Not Slaves. We Are Not Slaves:

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