First and foremost, I have grown considerably as a scholar and historian this past year. The fact that I used the word historian to describe…
In February I attended Lisa Lindsay’s talk, Atlantic Bonds: 19th Century odyssey from America to Africa. According to a 1975 Ebony magazine article, James Churchill…
I should begin by saying that every time I write about my project it forces me to think more critically about what I would like…
I have always thought of myself as more of a social historian with a bit of a cultural side. The re-inclusion of underrepresented groups in…
Quirk, Joel. The anti-slavery project: From the slave trade to human trafficking. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. Joel Quirkâs, The Anti-slavery Project, is concerned…
I am writing about images of “white slaves” in the fight against slavery in both the historical abolition movement and the contemporary anti-slavery movement. I…
When I read the assignments for the week I was worried about having to try something new during my weekly readings. I was skeptical, much…
I met with Dr. Quigley again this past week and asked him if he would be willing to be my thesis advisor. He agreed, but…
Recently I became interested in a group of historians who created an organization to fight modern day slavery called Historians Against Slavery. Their motto is…
Brett Walker argues that humans should rejoin the animal kingdom, or at least admit that they could never leave a group with which they belong,…
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