Picture the Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil War-era executive order that changed the legal status of enslaved African Americans in secessionist states, and you might imagine a large broadside, ...

The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery: English Ideas in the Early Modern Atlantic World ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Carole Emberton, PhD, an associate professor of history in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, will discuss her new book, “To Walk About in Freedom: The Long ...

On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln presided at the annual White House New Year’s reception. Later that afternoon, he retired to his study to sign the Emancipation Proclamation. The first time he attempted to ...

Robin Blackburn’s sweeping history of slavery and freedom in the second half of the 19th century. Robin Blackburn is undoubtedly one of the most prolific writers on the transnational histories of ...

Emancipation Park Conservancy will host a reception and panel discussion as UNESCO globally launches their publication, Legacies of Slavery: A Resource Book for Managers of Sites and Itineraries of ...

“Beyond Freedom’s Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery” by Adam Rothman. Harvard University Press, 2015. $29.95. Historians tend to view slavery in economic and social terms. Adam Rothman, ...

The scholars Joseph P. Reidy and Lizabeth Cohen have won the prize, one of the most prestigious honors in the field of American history. By Jennifer Schuessler A sweeping reconsideration of the ...

There’s a sad irony in a historical commission removing a book of slave remembrances, titled “Remembering the Days of Sorrow,” from a plantation’s gift shop. Yet that is one of 25 books, some about ...

Juneteenth isn't a new holiday, but it is new to a lot of people – it was only declared a federal holiday last year. That newness means many will have questions about the holiday's significance and ...

A new book by UB historian Carole Emberton explores emancipation through the stories of a formerly enslaved woman born in the antebellum South. Pricilla Joyner’s life before and after the Civil War ...