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How Jamestown Abandoned a Utopian Vision and Embraced Slavery

In 1619, wealthy investors overthrew the charter that guaranteed land for everyone.

by Paul Musselwhite via Zócalo Public Square on August 15, 2019

Freedom's Fortress

Exploring Virginia’s Fort Monroe – the place where slavery began in British North America, and where, during the Civil War, it began to unravel.

via Future Of America's Past on August 8, 2019

Beyond the Middle Passage

Intra-American trafficking magnified slavery’s impact.

by Robert Pollie via Inqury @ UC Santa Cruz on July 1, 2018

America’s First Female Mapmaker

Through Emma Williard's imagination, a collection of rare maps that illustrates past reality.

by Ted Widmer via The Paris Review on June 18, 2018

The Role of Water in African American History

Have historians privileged land-based models and ignored how African Americans participated in aquatic activities?

by Tyler D. Parry via Black Perspectives on May 4, 2018

America Cannot Bear to Bring Back Indentured Servitude

It’s a history lesson worth remembering: The exploitation of immigrant workers only encourages more—and worse—abuse.

by Ariel Ron, Dael Norwood via The Atlantic on March 28, 2018

Black Atlantis

Why do white people love Black Panther, just as they love Star Wars?

by Asad Haider via Viewpoint Magazine on March 5, 2018

The Slave Revolution That Gave Birth to Haiti

A rebellion against French colonial rule in 1791 led to a new kind of society.

by Laurent Dubois, Rocky Cotard via The Nib on February 5, 2018

Painting of a slave auction.

Teaching Hard History

A new study suggests that high school students lack a basic knowledge of the role slavery played in shaping the United States.

via Southern Poverty Law Center on January 31, 2018

Everyone Needs to See The Roots' Schoolhouse Rock-Style Slavery Lesson From 'Black-ish'

"I'm Just a Slave" is a necessary song about Juneteenth.

by Matt Miller via Esquire on October 4, 2017

An illustration of Christopher Columbus’s initial meeting with Native Americans.

The Columbian Exchange

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.

by Jamie Lathan via Digital Public Library of America on September 19, 2017

How Profits From Opium Shaped 19th-Century Boston

In a city steeped in history, very few residents understand the powerful legacy of opium money.

by Martha Bebinger via WBUR on July 31, 2017

Indians, Slaves, and Mass Murder: The Hidden History

Two historians shed light on the atrocities of Native American enslavement and genocide.

by Peter Nabokov via New York Review of Books on November 24, 2016

A stack of books in a classroom.

The Racism of History Textbooks

How history textbooks reinforced narratives of racism, and the fight to change those books from the 1940s to the present.

by Jonathan Zimmerman, Livia Gershon via JSTOR Daily on October 20, 2015

A drawing of a church in Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1812.

The Story of Denmark Vesey

Against the backdrop of another conflict over slavery in 1861, Thomas Wentworth Higginson wrote an in-depth narrative of Denmark Vesey's planned slave revolt in Charleston, SC.

by Thomas Wentworth Higginson via The Atlantic on June 1, 1861

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