American slavery | American slavery
Aug.06.2012
During the panel discussion convened on March 29th at the Greenwich Historical Society, as part of Joseph McGill's Slave Dwelling Project, I listened to fellow panel member Dale Plummer of Norwich, CT talk about the beginnings of slavery in New England.
Dale spoke of how, following the Pequot...
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Mar.15.2012
I am always interested in people’s reactions to episodes of “Who Do You Think You Are?”, the television show which follows a celebrity’s search for his or her ancestors.
Usually there are plenty of positive comments, interspersed by remarks asking for more information, or profferring same, or...
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Jan.26.2012
As a science fiction and fantasy book and film fan of sorts, I relish the opportunity to respond to Red Room's blog topic of the week on time travel. The paradoxes and conundrums connected to this topic make excellent fodder for narrative exploration. Are there perhaps parallel...
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May.20.2010
[Reproduced from my blog on Coming To The Table (comingtothetable.org)]
Every so often I look at a sheaf of photocopied deeds, wills and succession papers sent to me by cousins in the south. They represent transactions carried out by my maternal ancestors, involving the lives of the black people...
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Dec.16.2009
One of only a few living African-American authors whose Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning novels are studied regularly on a high school and university level, Toni Morrison has also written and edited influential nonfiction works, like The Black Book, by Middleton A. Harris.
Originally published in...
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