colonial America

The Fallacy of 1619: Rethinking the History of Africans in Early America

In 1619, “20. and odd Negroes” arrived off the coast of Virginia, where they were “bought for victualle” by labor-hungry

Over the past few months, I have been writing posts exploring pre-modern black intellectual history. They have largely focused on

This is a guest post by Daniel R. Mandell, Professor of History at Truman State University. Prof. Mandell recently received

In the 1670s, an enslaved woman named Hannah appeared before Boston’s criminal court accused of stealing surgical equipment from Daniel

Last month, I wrote about how slaves and free blacks appropriated Euro-American languages and their ability to use them to