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Interview Archives: Slavery
Friday August 26, 2011, 10:06 AM
Mightier Than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America
David S. Reynolds, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of English and American Studies, City University of New York Graduate Center
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Biography • History • United States history • Slavery
Monday February 28, 2011, 11:06 AM
American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt
Daniel Rasmussen, Scholar and Journalist
Host: David Inge
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Categories: History • United States history • Slavery
Monday January 03, 2011, 11:06 AM
Children of Fire: A History of African Americans
Thomas C. Holt, Ph.D., James Westfall Thompson Distinguished Service Professor of American and African American History, University of Chicago
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Diaspora • History • United States history • Race/Ethnicity • African-American • Slavery
Wednesday September 22, 2010, 11:06 AM
In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa's Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World
Judith Carney, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles
Host: Carol Spindel
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Categories: Agriculture • Food • Slavery • Africa
Monday January 25, 2010, 10:06 AM
Ten Hills Farm: The Forgotten History of Slavery in the North
C.S. Mangegold, Journalist with The New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer
Host: David Inge
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Categories: History • United States history • Slavery
Tuesday November 03, 2009, 11:06 AM
Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers: Violations of Employment and Labor Laws in America's Cities
Nik Theodore, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Urban Economic Development and Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois Chicago
Host: David Inge
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- Professor Theodore's profile
- The Report:Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers: Violations of Employment and Labor Laws in America's Cities
Categories: Crime • Economics • Labor/worker issues • Employment • Law • Slavery
Friday February 24, 2006, 10:06 AM
Immigration, Criminal Trafficking and Slavery
Susan Forbes Martin, Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Crime • Immigration • Slavery
Tuesday May 17, 2005, 11:06 AM
BOUND FOR CANAAN: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND THE WAR FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA
Fergus M. Bordewich, Writer
Host: David Inge
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Categories: History • United States history • Slavery
Tuesday March 30, 2004, 11:06 AM
TRANSFORMING SLAVERY, 1800-1861
Host: David Inge
Ira Berlin, professor of History, University of Illinois and the Distinguished Mellon Fellow at the University of IllinoisPlay now:
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Categories: History • United States history • Race/Ethnicity • African-American • Slavery
