Imperfect Justice in the Imperfect Archive: Uncovering Extrajudicial Black Resistance in Richmond’s Civil War Court Records

The Journal of the Civil War Era kicked off Black History Month by publishing "Imperfect Justice in the Imperfect Archive: Uncovering Extrajudicial Black Resistance in Richmond’s Civil War Court Records.” 

Author: 
Brandon Mills
Reviewer: 
Eric Burin

Burin on Mills, 'The World Colonization Made: The Racial Geography of Early American Empire'

Brandon Mills. The World Colonization Made: The Racial Geography of Early American Empire. Early American Studies Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020. 253 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8122-5250-7.

Reviewed by Eric Burin (University of North Dakota) Published on H-Early-America (July, 2021) Commissioned by Patrick Luck

Author: 
Norah L. A. Gharala
Reviewer: 
James Almeida

Almeida on Gharala, 'Taxing Blackness: Free Afromexican Tribute in Bourbon New Spain'

Norah L. A. Gharala. Taxing Blackness: Free Afromexican Tribute in Bourbon New Spain. Atlantic Crossings Series. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2019. Illustrations. xii + 292 pp. $54.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8173-2007-2

Reviewed by James Almeida (Harvard University) Published on H-Atlantic (October, 2020) Commissioned by Bryan Rindfleisch (Marquette University)

Author: 
Harry N. K. Odamtten
Reviewer: 
Andrew E. Barnes

Barnes on Odamtten, 'Edward W. Blyden's Intellectual Transformations: Afropublicanism, Pan-Africanism, Islam, and the Indigenous West African Church'

Harry N. K. Odamtten. Edward W. Blyden's Intellectual Transformations: Afropublicanism, Pan-Africanism, Islam, and the Indigenous West African Church. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2019. 292 pp. $49.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-61186-320-8.

Reviewed by Andrew E. Barnes (Arizona State University) Published on H-Africa (April, 2020) Commissioned by David D. Hurlbut (Boston University)

Author: 
Norah L. A. Gharala
Reviewer: 
Pablo Miguel Sierra Silva

Sierra Silva on Gharala, 'Taxing Blackness: Free Afromexican Tribute in Bourbon New Spain'

Norah L. A. Gharala. Taxing Blackness: Free Afromexican Tribute in Bourbon New Spain. Atlantic Crossings Series. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2019. Illustrations. xii + 292 pp. $54.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8173-2007-2.

Reviewed by Pablo Miguel Sierra Silva (University of Rochester) Published on H-LatAm (December, 2019) Commissioned by Casey M. Lurtz (Johns Hopkins University)

Author: 
Pablo F. Gómez
Reviewer: 
Dawn Harris

Harris on Gómez, 'The Experiential Caribbean: Creating Knowledge and Healing in the Early Modern Atlantic'

Pablo F. Gómez. The Experiential Caribbean: Creating Knowledge and Healing in the Early Modern Atlantic. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2017. 314 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4696-3087-8.

Reviewed by Dawn Harris (Stony Brook University) Published on H-Teach (April, 2019) Commissioned by Camarin M. Porter (Northern Arizona University)

Author: 
Emily West
Reviewer: 
Danielle E. Demiantschuk

Demiantschuk on West, 'Family or Freedom: People of Color in the Antebellum South'

Emily West. Family or Freedom: People of Color in the Antebellum South. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2012. 233 pp. $50.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8131-3692-9.

Reviewed by Danielle E. Demiantschuk (Western University) Published on H-SAWH (August, 2013) Commissioned by Lisa A. Francavilla

Ties of Affection: Relationships across Race and Status in the Antebellum South

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