Reposted by Cambridge Histories of Marronage (CHoM) Workshop
For @cam.ac.uk's Exploring #LegaciesOfEnslavement Research Series, I show how #FreedomColonies were not just refuge from #JimCrow —they were governments. Land, kinship, institutions as a counter-sovereign #BlackPoliticalOrder inside the republic: www.legaciesofenslavement.cam.ac.uk/news/landed-...
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Landed Blackness: Post-emancipation marronage and Black autonomy | Legacies of Enslavement
Explore how post-emancipation Black communities used land, kinship, and governance to build autonomy after slavery.