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July 1, 2020 (June 17, 2020)

Q&A with Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy, Author of Between Fitness and Death

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Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy answers questions about the inspirations, discoveries and takeaways of Between Fitness and Death: Disability and Slavery in the Caribbean. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? […]

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January 23, 2017 (January 20, 2017)

200 Years of Illinois: Town of Steel

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On January 21, 1972, DC Comics declared the largely misnamed Metropolis, Illinois the official home town of Superman. Metropolis had already adopted the Son of Krypton, and as we all […]

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January 5, 2017 (December 15, 2016)

Separating families for enslavement

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Excerpted from Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage, by Sowande’ M. Mustakeem The nature of slavery inflicted permanent scars as traders moved purchased captives off […]

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December 12, 2016 (December 12, 2016)

Journal Spotlight: History of the Present

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History of the Present, launched in 2010, is devoted to history as a critical endeavor. Its aim is twofold: to create a space in which scholars can reflect on the […]

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December 2, 2016 (November 30, 2016)

Our lives and all lives under the silicon heel

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Excerpted from the new UIP book Goodbye iSlave, by Jack Linchuan Qiu. Hans Rollman at PopMatters reviewed the book here. Welcome to a brave New World of profit making, propelled by high […]

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November 7, 2016 (November 2, 2016)

Release Party: Goodbye iSlave

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How do we lift the silicon heel from the lives of the exploited workers who make our gadgets? Jack Linchuan Qiu‘s insightful and enraging new book Goodbye iSlave delves into one of the […]

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October 24, 2016 (September 22, 2016)

Release Party: Slavery at Sea

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The new UIP release Slavery at Sea examines the infamous Middle Passage in a new light. Sowande’ Mustakeem reveals for the first time how slavery took critical shape at sea. Expanding the gaze […]

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February 4, 2016 (February 4, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday

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The Zika virus. It’s making headlines and provoking anxieties. A disease-causing pathogen carried by Aedes mosquitoes—the culprits behind yellow fever, dengue, and chikungunya, among other ills—Zika was isolated in Uganda in […]

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November 4, 2015 (November 2, 2015)

“Everybody likes stories”

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Daisy Turner, the shotgun-wielding centenarian, was someone Jane Beck was anxious to meet. Beck, the Executive Director Emeritus and Founder of the Vermont Folklife Center, recounted her first encounter with Daisy […]

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July 6, 2015 (June 9, 2015)

Daisy Turner’s words

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Daisy Turner was a woman of many words. The storyteller and poet was a living repository of history. She related the stories of her own family, from the abduction of […]

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September 18, 2014 (September 22, 2014)

Q&A with Collaborators for Emancipation authors

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Collaborators for Emancipation is an examination of the relationship between President Abraham Lincoln and Congregational minister Owen Lovejoy. Authors William F. Moore and Jane Ann Moore collaborated themselves on both […]

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September 15, 2014 (September 4, 2014)

New in paperback: two titles examine Civil War era secrets

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Two UIP titles are available in paperback editions today. A Secret Society History of the Civil War Were the forces that drove the United States to civil war prompted by […]

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