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Video: Final Panel of CUNY Abolitionist Conference Catherine Clinton , Eric Foner, James Brewer Stewart, and Sean Wilentz

Here is the final panel from the CUNY The Anti-Slavery Bulwark Conference on the Abolitionists and the coming of the Civil War. The final panel…

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Video: Anti-Slavery Politics in the Antebellum Era from CUNY Conference on Abolitionists

This is the third video in a series on the Abolition Movement that was held at CUNY back in 2014. This panel looked at the…

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Video: The Abolitionists and the Political Crisis of the 1850s from CUNY Abolitionist Conference

The next video in the series from CUNY’s great conference on Abolitionism is filled with heavy hitters talking about the political crisis of the 1850s….

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Video: Panel on the Revolutionary War Origins of the Abolitionist Movement from CUNY Conference “The Antislavery Bulwark”

Here is the first panel in the CUNY Conference on Abolition from 2014. The conference was called “The Antislavery Bulwark.” The video of the panel…

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Video: David Blight at CUNY Conference on Abolition “The Anti-Slavery Bulwark”

The City University of New York CUNY Grad Center conference on Abolition and the Civil War took place in 2014. Videos of the conference have…

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New Map and Guide to New York City Abolitionist Sites

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission has put together a useful guide to sites in the city associated with the Abolitionist Movement. Maps and…

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New Yorker Reviews a New History of an Old Slave Revolt and How It Helped End the International Slave Trade

The New Yorker has an interesting review by Casey Cep of a new book on a slave revolt in Jamaica called Tacky’s Revolt. According to…

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Book Review-Collective Amnesia: American Apartheid: African Americans’ 400 Years in North America, 1619–2019 by Eugene DeFriest Bétit (2019)

Collective Amnesia: American Apartheid: African Americans’ 400 Years in North America, 1619–2019 by Eugene DeFriest Bétit (2019) This recent book by Eugene Betit traces the…

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Five Historians’ Joint Critique of New York Times “1619” Series on Slavery

One of the most talked about popular history initiatives of 2019 was the “1619” series on the 400th Anniversary of the arrival of the “first…

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This May Be Your Last Chance to See “Harriet” in Theaters

Most “small” films get a four week national theatrical release. The new film “Harriet” on Harriet Tubman is now in its fifth week of release,…

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