European Powers, Islamic Movements, and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
In the 18th century, Senegambia was bitterly contested for slave-trading purposes by France and Great Britain. But a third power,…
Podcasts
New ideas, enlightening conversations, cutting-edge research, tomorrow’s trends: it’s all here in the Lapidus Center podcast series. Listen to our visiting…
New Lapidus Donations
The Lapidus collection is continuously growing. In addition to his first 2014 gift of over 400 rare books and documents,…
Lapidus Center Fellows
The Lapidus Center Fellowships are part of the Scholars-in-Residence Program, housed in the Scholars Center. The program encourages research and writing…
New York City’s Slave Market
By Sylviane A. Diouf, Director, Lapidus Center. June 29, 2015. On June 27, a plaque marking the site of New York…
Remembering the Women of Slavery
By Sylviane A. Diouf, Director, Lapidus Center. March 27, 2015. Since my graduate school days in Paris, I have been…
A Decade for People of African Descent
By Sylviane A. Diouf, Director, Lapidus Center. December 15, 2014. The United Nations has proclaimed 2015-2024 the International Decade for…
The Abolition of the Slave Trade: The Forgotten Story
The abolition of the Transatlantic slave trade was a long, and tortuous process that spanned almost nine decades. Ultimately, a…
Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery
Though victimized, exploited and oppressed, Africans have been creative agents of their own history, culture, and political future. Lest We Forget documents…
The African Burial Ground
Twenty-five years ago in New York City, archaeologists excavated one of the most significant finds in American history: the largest…