Michaël Roy
@mroyupc.bsky.social
Professor of History @upcite.bsky.social. Author of FUGITIVE TEXTS & YOUNG ABOLITIONISTS. Co-director of @echelles-umr8264.bsky.social.
Thank you Ashley, great video! I didn't know about Duff Green's plan to publish proslavery schoolbooks in the wake of the postal campaign. I thought it was a thing of the 1850s.
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Thank you Ashley, great video! I didn't know about Duff Green's plan to publish proslavery schoolbooks in the wake of the postal campaign. I thought it was a thing of the 1850s.
Also, Bibliothèque Sorbier is to be renamed after Maryse Condé 👌
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À Paris, une bibliothèque renommée en hommage à Maryse Condé
Le conseil de Paris a voté mardi 3 juin en faveur du changement de dénomination de la bibliothèque Sorbier, située dans le 20ᵉ arrondissement de la capitale. Elle sera désormais appelée la "bibliothèq...
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August 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Also, Bibliothèque Sorbier is to be renamed after Maryse Condé 👌
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Read an excerpt from “Slaves in Paris: Hidden Lives and Fugitive Histories” by Miranda Spieler. @harvardpress.bsky.social www.hnn.us/article/slav...
Slave Hunts as “Normal Policing”
In 18th century Paris, policemen accepted that property could take the form of people.
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July 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Read an excerpt from “Slaves in Paris: Hidden Lives and Fugitive Histories” by Miranda Spieler. @harvardpress.bsky.social www.hnn.us/article/slav...
Reposted by Michaël Roy
If you haven't read Racecraft before, you're in for a treat.
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Racecraft
Praised by a wide variety of people from Ta-Nehisi Coates to Zadie Smith, Racecraft "ought to be positioned," as Bookforum put it, "at the center of any discussion of race in American life." Most peop...
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July 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
If you haven't read Racecraft before, you're in for a treat.
www.versobooks.com/products/227...
www.versobooks.com/products/227...