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A collection of scholarly essays exploring the American Civil War from international perspectives.
In an attempt to counter the insular narratives of much of the sesquicentennial commemorations of the Civil War in the United States, editors David T. Gleeson and Simon Lewis present this collection of essays that examine the war as more than a North American conflict, one with transnational concerns. The book, while addressing the origins of the Civil...
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From trusted to tainted, an examination of the shifting perceived reputation of overseers of enslaved people during the eighteenth century.
In the antebellum southern United States, major landowners typically hired overseers to manage their plantations. In addition to cultivating crops, managing slaves, and dispensing punishment, overseers were expected to maximize profits through increased productivity-often achieved through violence and cruelty....
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This historical study examines how free people of color in Charleston and Cartagena challenged the foundations of racial hierarchies in the Americas.
Prior to the abolition of slavery, thousands of African-descended people in the Americas lived in freedom. Their efforts to navigate daily life and negotiate the boundaries of racial difference challenged the foundations of white authority-and linked the Americas together. In Black Freedom in the Age...
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