African Americans and the Making of Liberia
by Claude A. Clegg III
Explore the founding of Liberia and the impact of the colonization movement.
Recovering Voices of the Enslaved in Colonial America
by Sophie White
Explore the broader, less explored history of slave narratives in French Louisiana.
Mutual Assistance: Building Black Community Life in Freedom
by Lois E. Horton
Take a closer look at the history of mutual aid society and their activity in Free Black communities.
Richard Allen, Jarena Lee, and the Second Great Awakening
by Margaret Washington
Read about the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, a Self-Made Man
by Vincent Carretta
Explore Equiano’s life story and the influence of his autobiography on the abolitionist movement.
Phillis Wheatley, a “Genius in Bondage”
by Vincent Carretta
Explore the life, career, and legacy of the poet who was the first person of sub-Saharan African descent to publish a book.
The Development of Slavery in the Early Modern Atlantic World
by Michael Guasco
Learn about global systems of slavery in the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries.
The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
with Peniel Joseph
Dive into the lives and work of both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
Sexuality and Slavery: Reclaiming Intimate Histories in the Americas
with Daina Ramey Berry and Leslie Harris
Learn how sexuality was a point of both exploitation and resistance for enslaved people.
The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America
with Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Explore the history of race, crime, and modern US history.
Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence
with Kellie Carter Jackson
Explore the history of Black abolitionism in the antebellum period.
The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition
with Manisha Sinha
Explore the impact of the Haitian Revolution on the abolitionist movement.
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