Maroons Revisited
Secluded in the forests, the swamps and the mountains, or hidden at the borders of plantations, maroons all over the Americas…
Ghosts of Amistad
On May 6, 2015, Marcus Rediker presented Ghosts of Amistad, a documentary by Tony Buba, based on Rediker’s book, The Amistad…
Gateway to Freedom
Eric Foner’s Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad is the winner of the New-York Historical Society’s 2016 American…
Slavery, Universities, Inner Cities
Long after Brown University paved the way in 2003, Georgetown, Princeton, Columbia and other institutions are addressing their ties to slavery. To better…