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Race, Slavery & Emancipation
Forced labor systems, resistance, abolition, and legacies across societies.
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Matheson History Museum to host curator talk on ‘Chains of Steele’
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (258+ words) The Matheson History Museum will host a free curator talk with Willett Hancock, curator of exhibitions, on Wednesday. Hancock will discuss his year-and-a-half of research and curatorial work on “Chains of Steele: Money, Power, and Influence,” an original exhibition examining…...
Voices of the Past: A Slave Dwelling Project
13+ hour, 56+ min ago (343+ words) A three-day event featured several programs using historic sites, descendant communities and scholars to explore and teach the history of the area's enslaved for the public. It was held at various locations in Fredericksburg and Stafford County from Friday, Sept....
British Slave Trade Research Reveals Monarchy's Branding of Enslaved Africans
8+ hour, 43+ min ago (267+ words) Home » Trending » British Slave Trade Research Reveals Monarchy’s Branding of Enslaved Africans Described as “dramatic and harrowing” by Pettigrew, the branding symbolizes the deep ties between the British monarchy and the institution of slavery. The findings represent a critical exploration…...
British Crown symbol was branded on enslaved Africans, research finds
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (808+ words) BBC-Enslaved African people were branded with an identifying mark that included an emblem of the British Crown, according to new research by a project documenting British involvement in the slave trade. Prof William Pettigrew, who led the Register of British…...
Lincoln Hills was a haven for Black Coloradans. A descendant hopes to help revive the ‘Martha’s Vineyard of the West.’
7+ hour, 55+ min ago (1703+ words) A lodge tucked into Colorado’s Front Range mountains was once a woodland Harlem Renaissance, attracting jazz musician Duke Ellington, poet Langston Hughes, writer Zora Neale Hurston and countless other Black Americans who sought refuge, joy and fresh air at a…...
More than 1,000 women invested in companies at heart of Britain’s slave trade
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (1387+ words) Women used profits from trafficking of enslaved Africans to secure their families’ futures, research reveals More than 1,000 women invested in the slave trade, challenging the conventional notion that they were passive beneficiaries and largely fought for its abolition. Researchers found…...
Der Matossian and Gzoyan Publish Landmark Volume on the Concentration Camps of the Armenian Genocide • MassisPost
16+ hour, 31+ min ago (330+ words) LONDON/NEW YORK — Bloomsbury Publishing has announced the publication of The Concentration Camps of the Armenian Genocide, a 520-page edited volume by Prof. Bedross Der Matossian and Dr. Edita Gzoyan. The book is part of the series Armenians in the…...
What the Commemoration of the 235th Anniversary of Bois Caïman Means for Haiti’s Memory and Future
12+ hour, 23+ min ago (771+ words) The night of August 14, 1791, marked the beginning of a series of events that changed the world. A large group of enslaved people and rebel leaders met at Bwa Kayiman (Bois Caïman), a historic site located in Haiti’s Northern Department, in…...
In Adams, a train ride brings suffragists’ stories to life
22+ hour, 26+ min ago (1201+ words) Muriel Dyas, a historical reenactor, portrays Susan B. Anthony on a train ride that recreated the 1919 suffrage tour on Sunday. One of the picket signs on the historic train ride. Sandi Kloepfer of St. Louis looks outside the train window as…...
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park commemorates Tubman Emancipation Day
18+ hour, 56+ min ago (533+ words) CHURCH CREEK — The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and Visitors Center on Saturday commemorated the 177th annual of Tubman’s escape to freedom. The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and Visitors Center hosted the 177th Harriet Tubman emancipation day. The event…...