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Why We Need a Global Narrative of Slavery
Dec 21 2022
By Jim Walvin, author of A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global PowerLike most apprentice historians, I learned my trade on a specific, narrow area of study: the history of a single Jamaican slave plantation. At that time, in the late 60’s, slavery was not a commo
Virtual Q&A with Niklas Frykman, author of The Bloody Flag
Dec 04 2020
How did the red flag become the symbol of the global labor movement?As historian Niklas Frykman argues, its origins trace back to mutinies at sea and maritime communities that were founded on a radical egalitarian spirit and an insistence on participatory democracy.In this virtual conversati