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CFP: AAIHS 2023 Conference

May 20, 2022May 19, 2022 AAIHS Editors abolitionism, CFP, Environmental Racism, health, slavery

#AAIHS2023 The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS)’s Eighth Annual Conference Conference Theme: “We Can’t Breathe”: Crisis, Catastrophe and Sustaining

Bail Funds, Buying Freedom, and a History of Abolition

August 13, 2020August 14, 2020 Julia W. Bernier abolition, abolitionism, Prison Abolition

In recent months bail funds have gained unprecedented popularity as a way to redistribute funds to release protesters arrested in

Inculcated Forgetfulness at a New England Port

June 20, 2019June 13, 2019 Lise Breen abolitionism, Activism, black politics, black protest, Civil War, Frederick Douglass, Post-Civil War, race, racism, slave trade, slavery, South

In the fall of 1865, Frederick Douglass riveted a small New England audience for more than two hours. Long forgotten,

The Futures of Frederick Douglass: An Introduction

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 Hélène Quanquin, Cécile Roudeau, and Michaël Roy #DouglassForward, abolitionism, Frederick Douglass, slavery

*This post is part of the online forum on The Futures of Frederick Douglass. The contributions in this forum each

Black Women’s Anti-Colonizationist Political Thought

February 22, 2019August 12, 2022 Adam McNeil abolitionism, Black political thought, Black women, slavery

Black women have always been at the forefront of Black political movements. From Maria Stewart and Ida B. Wells-Barnett in

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