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How Christopher Columbus’s Brutal Enslavement of Indigenous Caribbeans Set the Tone For the “New” World

How Christopher Columbus’s Brutal Enslavement of Indigenous Caribbeans Set the Tone For the “New” World

Imaobong Umoren on the Violent History of the Colonized Caribbean

By Imaobong Umoren | October 23, 2025

Five Essential Books For Understanding Haitian History

Five Essential Books For Understanding Haitian History

Cundill Prize Finalist Marlene L. Daut Recommends Baron de Vastey, Jean Casimir, Louis Joseph Janvier and More

By Marlene L. Daut | October 20, 2025

The Other King Henry: On the Many Afterlives of Haiti’s Misunderstood Henry Christophe

The Other King Henry: On the Many Afterlives of Haiti’s Misunderstood Henry Christophe

From Marlene L. Daut's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “The First and Last King of Haiti”

By Marlene L. Daut | September 22, 2025

Inside the Political Economy of New World Slavery

Inside the Political Economy of New World Slavery

David McNally Offers a Marxist Perspective on the Economics of Human Exploitation

By David McNally | September 22, 2025

Riding to Freedom: On the Importance of the Horse in Escaping Slavery

Riding to Freedom: On the Importance of the Horse in Escaping Slavery

“Horses were a part of the daily fabric of life for many enslaved Black people.”

By Bitter Kalli | August 19, 2025

White Sugar, Black Bodies: How Slavery Fueled an 18th-Century British Obsession

White Sugar, Black Bodies: How Slavery Fueled an 18th-Century British Obsession

Mathelinda Nabugodi Explores the Violent Shared History of a Popular Consumer Product and Colonial Power in the Caribbean

By Mathelinda Nabugodi | July 29, 2025

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The Literature of Migration and Caribbean Identity in America: A Reading List

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Antonio Michael Downing Recommends Jamaica Kincaid, Canisia Lubrin, Edwidge Danticat and More

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Louis Chude-Sokei: “It was accents and curses, uncles and aunties, cousins and endless trips to Western Union.”

By Louis Chude-Sokei | February 3, 2021

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For Diasporic Writers, Nostalgia is a Powerful Tool For Engaging Home

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