By Sara Safransky, Vanderbilt University; Elsa Noterman, Queen Mary University of London, and Madeleine Lewis, Vanderbilt University Ever since the…
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National Park Service withdraws plantation land in Louisiana from historic landmark consideration
WALLACE, LA — The National Park Service (NPS) is charged with protecting the country’s historical landmarks, but the agency’s sudden…
Modern slavery and climate change: how extreme weather fuels forced labor and unwanted marriages
By Daniel Ogunniyi, University of Hull Weather-induced disasters that are the result of climate change are increasingly affecting societies. One…
Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
By Kate McMahon, Smithsonian Institution On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner…
Harvard University lays off slavery project staff, outsources research
BOSTON — Harvard University laid off the staff members that were part of its Slavery Remembrance Program last week —…
Not all insurrections are equal – for enslaved Americans, it was the only option
By Deion Scott Hawkins, Emerson CollegeFor most Americans, Jan. 6 was once an ordinary, ho-hum day. That changed in 2021…
For enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry – and a brief window to fight back
By Ana Lucia Araujo, Howard University During the era of slavery in the Americas, enslaved men, women and children also…
Paying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers, fishermen, coal miners, radiation victims and 70 other groups
By Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard Kennedy School and Cornell William Brooks, Harvard Kennedy School As Americans celebrate Juneteenth, legislation for…
US laws created during slavery are still on the books. A legal scholar wants to at least acknowledge that history in legal citations
By Justin Simard, Michigan State University As the story of Juneteenth is told by modern-day historians, enslaved Black people were…
What Frederick Douglass learned from an Irish antislavery activist: ‘Agitate, agitate, agitate’
By Christine Kinealy, Quinnipiac UniversityThough Frederick Douglass remains the most well-known abolitionist to visit Ireland in the decades prior to…
