Sailors and Slaves: Maritime History of the Long Eighteenth Century
During the eighteenth century, maritime culture throughout the Atlantic world was pulsating. Unlike the nineteenth century, in which men increasingly turned attention Westward during the expansion of...
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EARLY AFRICAN HISTORY The Neolithic Revolution and Bantu Origins Jan Vansina, “New Linguistic Evidence and the ‘Bantu Expansion,’” Journal of African History 36, no. 2 (1995): 173-195. Christopher...
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On September 19, 2013 approximately 120 registrants gathered in Cincinnati’s National Underground Freedom Center for a conference sponsored by Historians Against Slavery (HAS). The event marked a...
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