3 of Jane Austen’s 6 brothers engaged in antislavery activism − new research offers more clues about her own views

August 18, 2024

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‘Happened to turn Black’: how Donald Trump evoked a history of White authorities using their power to define race

August 15, 2024

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6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth

June 19, 2024

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What the statue of a kneeling enslaved man in the Emancipation Memorial of 1876 tells us about its history

June 15, 2024

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American slavery wasn’t just a White man’s business − new research shows how White women profited, too

June 12, 2024

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Stevie Wonder’s Ghanaian citizenship reflects long-standing links between African Americans and the continent

June 4, 2024

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Juneteenth offers new ways to teach about slavery, Black perseverance and American history

May 27, 2024

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Taylor Swift has got the 1830s all wrong

May 27, 2024

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How 19th-century Spiritualists ‘canceled’ the idea of hell to address social and political concerns

May 12, 2024

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Arizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in a women’s rights desert – here’s what life was like then

May 2, 2024

By: The Conversation