Tiya Miles, The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits. The New Press, 2017. via The New Press: "Most Americans believe that slavery was a creature of the South, and that Northern states and territories provided stops on the Underground Railroad for fugitive slaves on their way … Continue reading BOOK: Miles on The Dawn of Detroit
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BOOK: Martínez-Vergne on Charity and Its Wards in Nineteenth-Century Puerto Rico
Teresita Martínez-Vergne, Shaping the Discourse on Space: Charity and Its Wards in Nineteenth-Century San Juan, Puerto Rico. University of Texas Press, 1999. via UT Press: How municipal officials and the Casa de Beneficencia shaped the discourse on public and private space and thereby marginalized the worthy poor and vagrants, "liberated" Africans, indigent and unruly women, and … Continue reading BOOK: Martínez-Vergne on Charity and Its Wards in Nineteenth-Century Puerto Rico
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