In “Captives and Companions,” Justin Marozzi traces the stories of the eunuchs, harem women and forced laborers who ...
Prologue: Tragedy and sacrifice in the history of slavery -- The political economy of slavery in Africa -- Why Africans? The rise of the slave trade to 1700 -- Slavery and the African population: a ...
The WPA narratives and slave diets -- Slave nutrition -- African roots and food traditions -- Slave cooking and meals -- Vegetables -- Meat -- Wild game and fish -- Dairy -- Grains, cereals, and baked ...
A new Smithsonian book reckons with the enduring legacies of slavery and capitalism Jennifer L. Morgan Blueprint, Terry Boddie, 2017. This work juxtaposes an image of a housing development in Harlem, ...
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March 19 (Reuters) - Britain marks 200 years on March 25 since its first law abolishing trade in African slaves received royal assent, in a major step towards ending a trade that shipped more than 10 ...
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts ...
For Harpham’s explanation of how England came to view the enslavement of others as both a violation of nature and a legitimate institution, all roads ultimately lead back to Rome, and Roman law in ...
Beatrix Potter, an author who is known for children’s stories like "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and died in 1943, is being accused of taking her stories from African slave tales. Dr. Emily Zobel ...