Journal of Interdisciplinary History “This book would make an excellent text for a course on the Atlantic slave trade and will be quite useful as supplementary reading for any course that has a ...

In 1859, at the largest recorded slave auction in American history, over 400 men, women, and children were sold by the Butler Plantation estates. This book is one of the first to analyze the operation ...

In her book, Haas argues that U.S. history is overly harsh on the South and doesn't acknowledge that slavery was "a socially acceptable and economically worthwhile practice worldwide at the time ...

Hertzman said he hopes the book helps add a new perspective to conversations about reparations in the U.S. and what it means ...

Kanakamedala’s book traces the history of free Black Brooklyn over ... By that, I mean it will take 28 long years for slavery to end in New York State. The reason Brooklyn deserves to have ...

“This book does not simply chronicle history; it challenges readers to face the lasting consequences of the transatlantic slave trade,” says Dr. Chavis. “The blood, sweat, and tears of ...

But much of the time, only the names of the slave owners, the rich white men, make it into history books and the state's mythmaking. Take the Shakespeare's Head building at 21 Meeting Street ...

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In The Haters, author Aaron Simmons Jr. explores the sobering, and often devastating, falsehoods and atrocities woven into the history ... The book includes discussions of slavery, Jim Crow ...