Vita: Alexandre Dumas
Brief life of the soldier who inspired The Count of Monte Cristo: 1762-1806
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Articles tagged slavery
Independent Historian
Daniel Rasmussen’s new book rescues the forgotten facts of the largest slave revolt in U.S. history.
12.16.10
Vincent Brown
The professor of African and African American studies uses multiple media to study slavery.
5.1.10
Laughing at Slavery
In Laughing Fit to Kill: Black Humor in the Fictions of Slavery, Glenda Carpio describes how slavery has provided a background and a source of raw material for African-American humor.