The Life of Louis Fatio: American Slavery and Indigenous Sovereignty
In 1892 a reporter for the Missouri-based Daily Globe-Democrat interviewed an elderly Black man by the name of Louis Fatio living near
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slavery
Kinship and Intimacy in Black Women’s Atlantic World
Even as more scholars of color engage with the livelihoods of those not rich, white, or male, the way Black
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Louis Congo: Ex-Slave and Executioner of Louisiana
On November 21, 1725, African slave Louis Congo was freed and made a salaried public executioner in Louisiana by the
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A Fuller Black History of the Civil War
This post is part of our online roundtable on Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s The Families’ Civil War. Holly Pinheiro’s The Families’
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Reading Practices, Civil War Archive, and the Black Family
This post is part of our online roundtable on Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s The Families’ Civil War. The Families’ Civil War:
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