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The Caribbean Origins of American Slavery
The Barbadoes Mulatto Girl. Engraving published in London, 1779. Via Wiki Commons.Author: Andrea Stuart Bio: 2-4-13 Andrea Stuart is author of "Sugar in the Blood: A Family’s Story of Slavery and...
View ArticleMark Auslander: Enslaved Labor and Building the Smithsonian -- Reading the...
And what erudition. He can even read stone. Only he never figures out that the veins in the marble of Diocletian's baths are the burst blood vessels of slaves from the stone quarries.Source: Southern...
View ArticleEmancipation Proclamation Sesquicentennial Events Offer a Window into Current...
Vanessa Varin is Assistant Editor, Web and Social Media at the American Historical Association.January 1, 2013, marked the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. Although the general...
View ArticleVA Historical Society's slave name database
CHESTERFIELD, Va. — The Virginia Historical Society is going on the road to spread the word about its database of slave names.Historical society staff will hold the first of five presentations Monday...
View ArticleHow Do I Decode Slave Records?
For many African Americans the paper trail back to your ancestral origins hits a wall once you reach the slavery era. During the hunt for information about my great-great grandmother, Jane Gates, who...
View ArticleJonathan Zimmerman: What's Wrong With the Slavery Math Lesson?
Jonathan Zimmerman is a professor of education and history at New York University. He is the author of "Small Wonder: The Little Red Schoolhouse in History and Memory.”In 1941, the National Association...
View ArticleDatabase lets Britons find slave-owning ancestors
A new database launched Wednesday lets Britons curious about their family history uncover some potentially uncomfortable information - whether their ancestors owned slaves.Researchers at University...
View ArticleAuthor and historian Walt Bachman uncovers the story of Minnesota slavery
In the annals of emancipation, Minnesota is recognized as one of the “free states.”But when author and historian Walt Bachman began digging into his family history, he uncovered substantial evidence...
View ArticleNew Hampshire to consider honoring a 233-year-old petition from slaves...
CONCORD, N.H. — When 20 slaves petitioned New Hampshire two centuries ago seeking their freedom, lawmakers decided the time wasn’t right and delayed action.Now, 233 years later, legislators in one of...
View ArticleHenry Louis Gates Jr.: How Did Harriet Tubman Become a Legend?
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University. He is also the...
View ArticleSlavery tough role at Colonial Williamsburg
Before Erica Hubbard could portray an enslaved housekeeper, which she’ll do this weekend at Colonial Williamsburg, she had to learn some things about life in revolutionary times — including how slaves...
View ArticleTracy Thompson: The South Still Lies About the Civil War
Tracy Thompson is the author of "The New Mind of the South." This excerpt comes from a longer excerpt of her book posted at Salon.In the course of our conversation, YacineKout mentioned something...
View ArticleSlavery, Holocaust never OK as political fodder, but Cuccinelli’s history on...
RICHMOND, Va. — Ken Cuccinelli learned last week that it’s foolhardy to invoke slavery to make a political point.The presumptive Republican gubernatorial nominee set off a furor when Democratic Party...
View ArticleWho Really Ran the Underground Railroad?
One of the genuine pleasures of teaching African-American Studies today is the satisfaction of being able to restore to the historical record "lost" events and the individuals whose sacrifices and...
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Escaping Slavery in Washington Territory
When we think of the cruel legacy of slavery and the bloody Civil War that ended this vile institution, it’s unlikely that images of the verdant, sparsely populated Washington Territory soon come to...
View ArticleHenry Louis Gates Jr.: Did African-American Slaves Rebel?
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University. He is also the...
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George Washington: The Forgotten Emancipator
George Washington at Yorktown, by Auguste Couder. P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }This article is adapted from Thomas Fleming’s new book, A Disease In the Public Mind – A New Understanding of Why We Fought...
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Thomas Jefferson's Nightmare
Incendie de la Plaine du Cap. - Massacre des Blancs par les Noirs, 1833.This article is adapted from Thomas Fleming’s new book, A Disease In the Public Mind – A New Understanding of Why We Fought the...
View ArticleSlave cabin in SC to be restored
Curators at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture are working with restoration experts to dismantle an antebellum slave cabin on Point of Pines Plantation in Edisto...
View ArticleMonticello works to include slavery
Monticello is one of the region's most popular landmarks, bringing in tourists from around the country to view the mansion and garden of Thomas Jefferson.But it's also a former plantation with deep...
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