Reposted from DH the Blog: Wicked Flesh: Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World is now available for pre-order! You can pre-order on Amazon, of course, but the University of Pennsylvania Press is also having a 40% off spring sale with code SPRING20-FM RIGHT NOW and #WickedFlesh is listed (though no cover or … Continue reading #WickedFlesh Available for Pre-Order!!
"War captives, they called us: judicial enslavement, justly captured, fairly traded. There were those of us who spoke Kimbundu and Umbundu languages, others Kikongo. There were those of us who were from the province of Nsundi, to the east and others of us from the South, just across the Kwanza River. But to the Imbangala mercenaries … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Turner on 1619 at @AAIHS
"Recently, I have been concerned at the pushback by a few historians of note. First, I should say, as a disclaimer, that my article on The Weeping time slave auction appears at the end of the issue, but my body of work and commitment to public history is such that I would be a supporter … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Bailey on the #1619Project
We are excited to announce the publication of sx:archipelagos, issue #3, Slavery in the Machine. Figure 3. *Vèvè of Papa Legba* We are excited to announce the publication of sx:archipelagos, issue #3, Slavery in the Machine. Guest edited by me and edited by Kaiama Glover and Alex Gil, this is a labor of love and … Continue reading EDITED: Slavery in the Machine, special issue of #sxarchipelagos
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
First guest: Deirdre Cooper Owens (Queens College, CUNY) (co-sponsored with the Program in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology) Full schedule:
Please join the Sex & Slavery Lab and the Program in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology in welcoming Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens (Queens College, CUNY) on campus this week. Deirdre Cooper Owens is an associate professor of history at Queens College, City University of New York. The recipient of several prestigious honors including … Continue reading EVENT: Cooper Owens on Medical Bondage @JohnsHopkins (Sep 18-20)
A wiki-project compiling information on the Haitian Revolution and Toussaint L'Ouverture: "The mission of The Louverture Project is to collect as much information as possible about the Haitian revolution, to construct a narrative which provides context for that information, and to disseminate the collected knowledge as widely as possible." Explore: TLP:Community Portal - TLP
A list of accounts of the Bois Caïman ceremony, compiled by Ian Baucom and Laurent Dubois at Duke University for their course "The Black Atlantic." Read: Early Accounts of Bois Caïman « The Black Atlantic
Ira Berlin's work focuses on American history, particularly the history of slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries. Published in 1974 his first book, “Slaves Without Masters: The Negro in the Antebellum South,” won the National Historical Society's Best First Book Prize. His most recent book published this year, “The Long Emancipation: The Demise of … Continue reading Ira Berlin (1941-2018)
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