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From Protestant Supremacy to Christian Slavery

November 20, 2018November 26, 2018 Christopher Cannon Jones race, racism, religion, slavery

Early in the morning on April 7, 1712, a group of approximately thirty enslaved individuals launched a dramatic revolt, killing

Readings on the History of the Atlantic World

November 19, 2018November 26, 2018 Vanessa M. Holden and Jessica Parr African Diaspora, capitalism, slave trade, slavery

Several months ago, Five Books published a list of 5 books on the Atlantic World, which included some notable omissions.

"Chained To The Hatch," 1864. Photo: NYPL Digital Collections.

Weathering the Transatlantic Slave Trade’s Final Odysseys

November 16, 2018November 20, 2018 Mary E. Hicks slave trade, slavery, South Carolina

The transatlantic slave trade, which endured for over 400 years, stitched together disparate, and as Sharla Fett reminds us, often

‘The Captive’s Quest for Freedom’: An Interview with Historian Richard Blackett

November 16, 2018November 20, 2018 Rachel Zellars black protest, Canada, fugitivity, law, slave trade, slavery

In today’s post, Rachel Zellars, contributor for Black Perspectives, interviews historian Richard Blackett, about his new book, The Captive’s Quest for Freedom: Fugitive

Broomsticks and Material Cultures of Cleanliness in American Slavery

November 8, 2018November 11, 2018 Tyler Parry Gender, Resistance, slavery, South

In 1901 preeminent Black Sociologist W.E.B. Du Dois published an essay entitled, “The Home of the Slave,” which detailed his