BOOK/SOURCE: HNOC Publishes Caillot’s 1729 Memoir
Marc-Antoine Caillot, A Company Man: The Remarkable French-Atlantic Voyage of a Clerk for the Company of the Indies. Edited by Erin M. Greenwald. 1st ed. The Historic New Orleans Collection, […]
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BOOK: Rodriguez on the Voices of the Enslaved in Cuba
Gloria Garcia Rodriguez. Voices of the Enslaved in Nineteenth-Century Cuba: A Documentary History. Translated by Nancy L. Westrate. Durham: The University of North Carolina Press, 2011. via University of North […]
Image of the Black in Western Art Research Project and Photo Archive
Spanning nearly 5,000 years and documenting virtually all forms of media, the Image of the Black in Western Art Research Project and Photo Archive is an unprecedented research project devoted […]
Mitchell: Portrait or Postcard? The Controversy over a “Rare” Photograph of Slave Children
For those of us who work with historical photographs (particularly images from the nineteenth century, when the medium was still in its infancy) there are few things more thrilling than […]
TOC: Slavery & Abolition (June 2010)
The following articles appear in the June 2010 Issue of Slavery & Abolition: Amani Marshall, “‘They Will Endeavor to Pass for Free’: Enslaved Runaways’ Performances of Freedom in Antebellum South […]
WEB: Yale Slavery and Abolition Portal
This site is designed to help researchers and Yale students find primary sources related to slavery, abolition, and resistance within the university’s many libraries and galleries. Across the top of […]
WEB: Free Access to Women and Social Movements in the United States this March
“To celebrate Women’s History Month,Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000,Scholar’s Edition, will be freely accessible for the month of March so that all librarians, students, instructors, and […]
NYT on Henry “Box” Brown’s Escape from U.S. Slavery
“The box that arrived in Philadelphia that day was the plain-looking sort typically used to transport dry goods. Just over 3 feet long, it was 2 feet 8 inches deep […]
WEB: The Public Archive
About: “Given the incredible loss of life as a result of the January 12, 2010 earthquake in the Republic of Haiti, it may appear frivolous to turn to history – […]
WEB: Katherine Dunham at LOC
“Katherine Dunham was an American dancer-choreographer who was best known for incorporating African American, Caribbean, African, and South American movement styles and themes into her ballets. The Katherine Dunham Collection […]
