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George Washington, Slavery, and Farming

February 16, 2023January 30, 2023 Rebecca Dudley antebellum, book review, George Washington, slavery, Vast Early America

In Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery, Bruce A. Ragsdale meticulously examines Washington’s activities

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The Life of Louis Fatio: American Slavery and Indigenous Sovereignty

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Caroline Wood Newhall race, slavery, South

In 1892 a reporter for the Missouri-based Daily Globe-Democrat interviewed an elderly Black man by the name of Louis Fatio living near

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On War and U.S. Slavery: Enslaved Black Women’s Experiences

November 7, 2022October 29, 2022 Karen Cook Bell Black women, Gender, slavery

The experiences of enslaved women and girls in the wars of the United States has garnered increased scholarly attention, most

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Marriage and Slavery in Colonial Venezuela

October 17, 2022October 13, 2022 Menika Dirkson African Diaspora, Gender, slavery

On September 2, the National Academy of History and the Venezuela History Network in Caracas announced the transcription and digitization

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Historical Legacies, Black Canadian Slavery, and Institutional Histories

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Melissa N. Shaw Black women, Canada, slavery, Universities, Women

McGill University’s institutional history dramatically changes when it accounts for the fact that its founder, James McGill, was an enslaver

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