Liberated Africans and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1807-1896
Interrogates the development of the world's first international courts of humanitarian justice and the subsequent "liberation" of nearly two hundred t…
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Gullah Tears: The Enslaved Souls of Charleston
In the Deep South of antebellum Charleston, enslaved Gullah woman Hentie survives the day-to-day sufferings brought on by her cruel master and the whi…
Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956
The Gullah culture, though borne of isolation and slavery, thrived on the US East Coast sea islands from pre-Civil War times until today, and nowhere …
Freedman of the Five Civilized Tribes
In this Thanksgiving episode Enkeshi and Angela explore the relations between black folks and the Cherokee nation. Listen as they talk to Marilyn Van,…
Voices Worth the Listening: Three Women of Appalachia
While Appalachian stereotypes and often misplaced debates about essentialism in Appalachian character still cloud our understanding of the people of t…
Women Speak, Volume 5 (Women of Appalachia Project)
Appalachia holds a multitude of identities and experiences, and the Women of Appalachia Project's(TM) Women Speak anthology speaks to the complexity o…
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decis…
Squaw Winter
"Squaw Winter" was originally published in 1955. The author, Violet Morgan (1895-1983), was an avid historian and taught in the Highland County School…
