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CFP: Self-Liberation in the Diaspora

From the 16th to 19th centuries, enslaved people of African descent found multiple ways to resist their oppressors and liberate

What is the historical relationship between African Americans and the state militia? Today, some may believe the militia to be

Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad by Miriam Thaggert examines African American women’s engagement with the railroad

In 1794, U.S. inventor Eli Whitney patented a new type of cotton gin that could remove seeds from short staple

The historiography of slavery in the Americas largely asserts that Black enslaved people fled from their enslavers to places where