Juneteenth Reading List 2023
June 19, 2023
On June 19th, 1865 in Galveston, Texas, enslaved African Americas were the last to hear of the news of the Emancipation Proclamation. Recognized as a federal holiday in the United… READ MORE
Tag: abolition
Ep. 110 — Historian of Abolition R. J. M. Blackett on Samuel Ringgold Ward
May 8, 2023
This episode of our podcast features a conversation with historian R.J.M. Blackett about the 19th century newspaper editor, Congregational minister, and temperance advocate Samuel Ringgold Ward. Despite Ward’s prominent role in the… READ MORE
The Heart of the Abolition Movement
June 30, 2020
Manisha Sinha— Abolition was a radical, interracial movement, one which addressed the entrenched problems of exploitation and disfranchisement in a liberal democracy and anticipated debates over race, labor, and empire…. READ MORE
The Heart of the Abolitionist Movement
February 24, 2017
Manisha Sinha— Caricatured as unthinking, single-minded fanatics who caused a “needless war,” abolitionists are often compared unfavorably to political moderates and compromise-minded statesmen. Their resurrection as freedom fighters during the… READ MORE
The Slave Trade in the U.S. and Brazil: Comparisons and Connections
November 21, 2016
Leonardo Marques— When faced with the numbers of the transatlantic slave trade, U.S. citizens are frequently surprised by the fact that less than 400,000 enslaved Africans were carried to North… READ MORE
Abolitionists are American Democracy’s Unsung Heroes
May 13, 2016
Manisha Sinha— Most Americans greeted Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew’s decision to put Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist heroine of the Underground Railroad, on the front of the twenty-dollar bill and relegate… READ MORE
Video: Ship of Death, A Voyage that Changed the Atlantic World
April 7, 2014
In 1792, a ship set sail from England with the best of intentions. Its tragic journey would change the course of history forever. Historian Billy Smith uncovered a remarkable story of tragedy… READ MORE
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