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The Contagious Revolution

For a long time, European historians paid little attention to the extraordinary series of events that now goes by the name of the Haitian Revolution.
by David A. Bell via New York Review of Books on December 19, 2019

Preaching a Conspiracy Theory

The 1619 Project offers bitterness, fragility, and intellectual corruption—not history.
by Allen C. Guelzo via City Journal on December 8, 2019
Collage of scenes celebrating the passage of the 15th amendment.

Eric Foner’s Story of American Freedom

Eric Foner has helped us better understand the ambiguous consequences of what were almost always only partial victories.
by Michael Kazin via The Nation on December 2, 2019
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What the Reconstruction Meant for Women

Southern legal codes included parallel language pairing “master and slave” and “husband and wife.”
by Livia Gershon, Amy Dru Stanley via JSTOR Daily on November 6, 2019
Emancipation Day in South Carolina
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Emancipation

The long history of emancipation in the United States, from individual escapes and manumissions, through Civil War fighting and Reconstruction legislation, to Juneteenth commemorations.
Crowd gathered around statue for Stonewall Jackson memorial dedication, Charlottesville, 1921.

UVA and the History of Race: The Lost Cause Through Judge Duke’s Eyes

A profile of UVA graduate R.T.W. Duke Jr., who presided over the 1924 dedication of the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville.
by Elizabeth R. Varon via UVA Today on September 4, 2019
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How African American Land Was Stolen in the 20th Century

Between 1910 and 1997, black farmers lost about 90% of the land they owned.
by Steve Hochstadt via HNN on July 30, 2019
Engraving of Harriet Beecher Stowe in profile.

How the Camera Introduced Americans to Their Heroines

A new show at the National Portrait Gallery spotlights figures including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lucretia Mott and Margaret Fuller.
by Meilan Solly via Smithsonian Magazine on July 9, 2019
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Why The Racial Wealth Gap Persists, More Than 150 Years After Emancipation

When one system of economic oppression collapsed, new ones were created to fill the void.
by Calvin Schermerhorn via Made By History on June 19, 2019
Civil rights protest in St. Augustine, 1964.

Balancing the Ledger on Juneteenth

The reparations debate highlights what Juneteenth is about: freedom and demanding accountability for past and present wrongs.
by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on June 19, 2019

Like Jackie Robinson, Baseball Should Honor Curt Flood's Sacrifice

Fifty years ago, Flood took a stand and paved the way for free agency.
by William C. Rhoden via Andscape on April 15, 2019

Empire of the Census

America’s long history of manipulating its headcount for political gain.
by Ed Burmila via The Baffler on March 1, 2019
Political cartoon of the liberation of a slave by going to a free state.

The Mystery of William Jones, an Enslaved Man Owned by Ulysses S. Grant

Looking for traces of the last person ever owned by a U.S. president.
by Nick Sacco via Muster on December 7, 2018
Paul Ortiz’s “African American and Latinx History of the United States.”

Beyond People’s History

On Paul Ortiz’s “African American and Latinx History of the United States.”
by Samantha Schuyler via Los Angeles Review of Books on September 29, 2018

Story of Paris Hill Man Connects Maine to ‘Complexities’ of Slave Trade

Torn from his family in Africa, Pedro Tovookan Parris spent the last years of his short life in rural Maine.
by Kelley Bouchard via Press Herald on July 15, 2018
Manuscript of the Fourteenth Amendment.

We Should Embrace the Ambiguity of the 14th Amendment

A hundred and fifty years after its ratification, some of its promises remain unfulfilled—but one day it may still be interpreted anew.
by Eric Foner via The Nation on July 9, 2018

Jefferson and Hemings: How Negotiation Under Slavery Was Possible

In navigating lives of privation and brutality, enslaved people haggled, often daily, for liberties small and large.
by Daina Ramey Berry via HISTORY on July 8, 2018

Ira Berlin, Transformative Historian of Slavery in America, Dies at 77

He “put the history of slavery at the center of our understanding of American history.”
by Harrison Smith via Washington Post on June 6, 2018
Lithograph of Josiah Henson in his autobiography.

The Story of Josiah Henson, the Real Inspiration for 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin'

Before Stowe's famous novel, a formerly enslaved African-American living in Canada wrote a memoir detailing his experience.
by Jared Brock via Smithsonian Magazine on May 16, 2018
Zora Neal Hurston sitting with a man on her 1935 oral history trip to Florida.

Contraband Flesh

A reflection on Zora Neale Hurston’s newly-published book, "Barracoon."
by Autumn Womack via The Paris Review on May 7, 2018
Cudjo Lewis outside his home in Alabama in the 1930s.

The Last Slave

In 1931, Zora Neale Hurston recorded the story of Cudjo Lewis, the last living slave-ship survivor. It languished in a vault... until now.
by Zora Neale Hurston, Nick Tabor via Vulture on April 29, 2018

How The Sacrifices of Black Civil War Troops Advanced Medicine

A new museum exhibit in Philadelphia showcases the first public health record of African Americans.
by Ilene Raymond Rush via Philly.com on March 21, 2018

How It Feels to Be a Problem

An animated excerpt of an article from W.E.B. Du Bois depicts the “double-consciousness of a dark body.”
by Tynesha Foreman via The Atlantic on March 6, 2018
Drawing of a black man holding a shovel (out of frame).

Arlington Is More Than a Cemetery

Arlington House’s transformations mirror our own.
by Jackie Roche via The Nib on January 22, 2018
Harriet Jacobs

Why A 19th Century American Slave Memoir Is Becoming A Bestseller In Japan's Bookstores

Why "Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl" by Harriet Ann Jacobs (1861), became a hit in Japan when it was published there in 2013.
by Jake Adelstein via Forbes on November 15, 2017

Colin Kaepernick: Historical Perspectives

Throughout history, one would be hard-pressed to find an example of black protest that most white people found acceptable at the time.
by Erin Burin via North Dakota Perspectives on October 4, 2017

The American Revolution was a Huge Victory for Equality. Liberals Should Celebrate it.

The left is turning its back on the Revolution. Here's why that's a mistake.
by Jeff Stein via Vox on July 4, 2017

Memorial Day and Our African American Dead

Are we honoring all of our American heroes this Memorial Day?
by Robert Greene II via U.S. Intellectual History Blog on May 28, 2017

What Richmond Has Gotten Right About Interpreting its Confederate History

Why hasn't Richmond faced the same controversies as New Orleans or Charlottesville?
by Kevin M. Levin via Smithsonian Magazine on May 18, 2017
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Race and Labor in the 1863 New York City Draft Riots

What sparked one of the deadliest insurrections in American history?
by Shannon Luders-Manuel, Albon P Man Jr. via JSTOR Daily on May 4, 2017

How African-Americans Disappeared from the Kentucky Derby

In the 19th century – when horse racing was America’s most popular sport – former slaves populated the ranks of jockeys and trainers.
by Katherine Mooney via The Conversation on May 4, 2017
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