Articles

July 2020

Slaves who bought their freedom.

Yucatan Times

March 2020

Becoming Black and Christian in Virginia

Canopy Forum

Feb 2020

Becoming Free, Becoming Black

The Page 99 Test

July 2019

Citizenship Once Meant Whiteness, 

Here's How That Changed

The Washington Post

March 2017

The New Abolitionism, International Law, and The Memory of Slavery (with Chantal Thomas)

Hein Online

July 2020

Los Esclavos que Compraban su Propio Libertad

El País

April 2020

How Blackness Became a Legal Identity

Zoocalo Public Square

January 2020

Inventing Freedom: Blackness & Enslavement in Cuba, Louisiana, & Virginia.

Lapham's Quarterly

Feb 2019

A Grassroots History of Colorblind Conservative Constitutionalism

Law and Social Inquiry

May 2018

How to Fix USC's Culture of Impunity

The Los Angeles Times

June 2020

Why Monuments Matter

Fifteen Eighty Four

March 2020

The History of Slavery Remains with Us Today

The Washington Post

October 2019

How President Trump's hostility could boost Cuban nationalism

The Washington Post

March 2017

A Crime Against Humanity": Slavery and The Boundaries of Legality, Past and Present

Hein Online

June 2016

"Orlando Mass Shooting Not Deadliest in American History"

The Wall Street Journal

2007

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"When is The Time of Slavery?"

Hein Online