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In the 1700s, approximately 5% of the pre-colonial United States was Muslim. Most of them were enslaved, and one of the foundational figures of early…
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This Mother’s Day weekend, the Stagville State Historic Site in Durham is remembering the enslaved women who once toiled on the plantation. Researchers…
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The slave narrative was the first form of literature indigenous to the United States. William L. Andrews analyzed more than 60 slave narratives published…
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The slave narrative was the first form of literature indigenous to the United States. William L. Andrews analyzed more than 60 slave narratives published…
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Two prominent universities have removed Confederate statues on their campuses – but in very different ways – as campuses grapple with race and relics of…
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Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro are working to digitize slave deeds with a project called “People Not Property.”Its goal is…
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It’s hard to count the exact number of African Americans who were lynched by white mobs during the years following slavery. Numbers show most of these…
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Universities from Brown in Rhode Island to Furman in South Carolina have commissions in place to study Race, Slavery and Monuments. One institution where…
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People from across North Carolina got the chance to speak out on the fate of the confederate monuments on the Raleigh state capitol grounds. A special…
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The list of universities across the country committing to the study of race and slavery continues to grow. One new school to join the list is Davidson…