Mastering the Master’s Language
In my previous two posts, I have made an attempt to better understand early African American intellectual history, first providing
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Thinking About the ‘X’
As the year winds down, I find myself, like my AAIHS colleague Noelle Trent, reflecting on 2015, on conversations that
Read moreOn Slavery, Freedom, and Belonging
Last month, I wrote a post contemplating how historians can write African American intellectual history before the American Revolution and
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As a historian of slavery and colonial America, I have to admit I was a bit taken aback when asked
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