Today is the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The 2019 theme is "Remember Slavery: The Power of the Arts for Justice" Since the time of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the arts have been used to confront slavery, empower enslaved communities and honour those who made freedom … Continue reading Mar 25: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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BLOGROLL: Hunter on The Long History of Child-Snatching in the United States
Tera Hunter writes: "Most Americans are shocked by the increasingly frequent scenes of wailing mothers and babies being torn apart by government officers at the Mexican border. The Trump administration has ratcheted up the separation of children from parents as a way to deter migrants from Central America. "Some critics denounce this practice as “un-American.” … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Hunter on The Long History of Child-Snatching in the United States
BLOGROLL: Greenwald and Rothman Argue New Orleans should acknowledge its lead role in the slave trade
Erin Greenwald and Joshua Rothman write: "Concerned that overcrowded, squalid, and disease-ridden slave pens and prisons were a public health threat, the New Orleans City Council in 1829 banned the lodging and public exposure of slaves for sale or hire within what were then city limits, now the French Quarter. That regulation effectively pushed slave … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Greenwald and Rothman Argue New Orleans should acknowledge its lead role in the slave trade
NEWS/ART: Kara Walker’s Katastwóf Karavan
Items related to Kara Walker's Katastwóf Karavan, on display February 2018 during Prospect.4 in New Orleans. Siddhartha Mitter (Village Voice) - Carnival of the Grotesque: Kara Walker’s Insistent Resistance in New Orleans Charlie Tatum (Pelican Bomb/Nola.com) - This calliope performance was meant to be disturbing . Manquettes (x): ACQUISITION | To help fund “Katastwóf Karavan” … Continue reading NEWS/ART: Kara Walker’s Katastwóf Karavan
DIGITAL/RESOURCE: The Domestic Slave Trade Collection by AAME | Schomburg
Resources on the U.S. Domestic Slave Trade compiled by researchers at the Schomburg via In Motion: The African American Migration Experience. Explore: The Domestic Slave Trade: AAME
POETRY: Osbey on The Poem as History | Warscapes
Brenda Marie Osbey interviewed in 2013 on her long poem and slavery: "Well, the intent of the work itself isn’t to resist symbol or metaphor, but to reject outright the kind of figurative language that underplays the role of the extreme violence of slavery in the New World project. This specific passage addresses the obscene … Continue reading POETRY: Osbey on The Poem as History | Warscapes
ARTICLE: Everill on “All the baubles that they needed”: “Industriousness” and Slavery in Saint-Louis and Gorée
Bronwen Everill, “‘All the Baubles That They Needed’: ‘Industriousness’ and Slavery in Saint-Louis and Gorée,” Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 15, no. 4 (November 1, 2017): 714–39. Abstract: "Atlantic port cities were sites of commercial, consumer, and industrious revolutions in the eighteenth century. This essay argues that accounts of the Atlantic consumer and … Continue reading ARTICLE: Everill on “All the baubles that they needed”: “Industriousness” and Slavery in Saint-Louis and Gorée
DIGITAL: McDaniel on Scripting Slave Sales on Twitter
W. Caleb McDaniel writes: "Every three minutes, that code printed A slave was just sold to the screen—a subtle reminder of the Damoclean sword that hung over every cornpatch, Sunday wage, or home that an enslaved man or woman had won. "Reflecting on that experiment after the class, I started to wonder about a similar … Continue reading DIGITAL: McDaniel on Scripting Slave Sales on Twitter
Berry: “Beyond the Slave Trade, the Cadaver Trade” via @NYTimes
Daina Ramey Berry writes: "Over several years, I’ve studied what I call the domestic cadaver trade and its connection to 19th-century medical education. The body trade was as elaborate as the trans-Atlantic and domestic slave trade that transported Africans to the New World and resold African-Americans on our soil. But when enslaved people died, some … Continue reading Berry: “Beyond the Slave Trade, the Cadaver Trade” via @NYTimes
BLOGROLL: Johnson on How to Memorialize Slavery in @Chronicle
Rashauna Johnson (interviewed by the Chronicle) discusses history, slavery, and her new book Slavery's Metropolis: "In the aftermath of Charlottesville’s violent white-supremacist rally, Americans are waging a renewed culture war over Confederate monuments. But a more complicated question lurks beneath the upheaval over what to do with these statues, one that will linger once the … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Johnson on How to Memorialize Slavery in @Chronicle
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