@ProfDJGabriel

Assist Prof @UConnHistory @AFRAUconn | Slavery & Abolition | Black Atlantic | Post-Emancipation | Slavery in Film & Popular Culture | Doppelgänger: @pdjeliclark

 Storrs, CT
history.uconn.edu/faculty-by-name/dexter-gabriel/
Joined December 2020
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Gad Heuman
@GadHeuman31 Mar 2021
My very positive review of Vincent Brown, Tacky's Revolt, in the New West Indian Guide concludes: This well-written, beautifully illustrated, and incredibly well-researched book points the way toward ... the future study of slave revolts and resistance. brill.com/view/journals/nwig…

Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War, by Vincent Brown

"Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War, by Vincent Brown" published on 30 Mar 2021 by Brill.

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OIEAHC
@OIEAHC1 Jan 2021
Join us at the #OICoffeehouse in February! @dr_md89 and @ProfDJGabriel will host a table called "Rethinking Historical Narratives: Slavery & Memory in the Atlantic." This table will consider discuss slavery & memory from an Atlantic perspective. vastearly.am/coffee
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We are pleased to introduce our latest project, Faces of the 54th: Soldier and Officer Database. This online, searchable database features names of the enlisted men and officers who served with the 54th. Other details such as age, enlistment date, rank and company are included.
Close up shot of broadside recruitment poster with the words "To Colored Men! Freedom, Protection, Pay and a Call to Military Duty!"

ALT Close up shot of broadside recruitment poster with the words "To Colored Men! Freedom, Protection, Pay and a Call to Military Duty!"

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Oppression in the kitchen, delight in the dining room: The story of Caesar, an enslaved chef and chocolatier in Colonial Virginia theconversation.com/oppressi… via @ConversationUS

Oppression in the kitchen, delight in the dining room: The story of Caesar, an enslaved chef and...

There’s a bittersweet history to chocolate in America. At one plantation museum in Virginia, the story of enslaved chocolatier Caesar shows the oppression that lay behind the elite’s culinary treat.

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STAGGER LEE, Frederick Brown, 1983
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This is not getting enough attention: The “stimulus/relief” bill gives as 15% increase in SNAP (food stamps) for 6 months. ~43 million Americans on SNAP will get more $$ for food. Please tell needy college students they are also eligible to apply now for this program.
Laura Reiley@lreiley22 Dec 2020
What will the new stimulus package mean for the nearly 50 million food-insecure Americans By Laura Reiley washingtonpost.com/business/…

What will the new stimulus package mean for the nearly 50 million food-insecure Americans?

Frequently asked questions about what the new stimulus package means for those facing food insecurity.

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This is the best legislative news on the climate change front in over a decade. It calls for a rare celebration. Massive props to the lawmakers who got these provisions — and the $35 billion for wind, solar, and other clean power sources — into this bill! nytimes.com/2020/12/21/clima…

Climate Change Legislation Included in Coronavirus Relief Deal (Published 2020)

The legislation calls for cutting the use of powerful planet-warming chemicals common in air-conditioners and refrigerators.

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Jon Allsop@Jon_Allsop22 Dec 2020
A media scooplet from me for @CJR: Rep. @tedlieu is working on legislation aimed at reviving the Federal Writers' Project—a 1930s New Deal program that put unemployed journalists and authors to work documenting America on the public dime. /1 cjr.org/special_report/new-d…

The enduring lessons of a New Deal writers project

In 1937, Sterling A. Brown, a poet and literature professor at Howard University, published a forthright essay charting the history of Black life in his hometown of Washington, DC—from the district’s...

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To Preserve Their Freedom (From the Toussaint L'Ouverture Series), 1988 #jacoblawrence #lawrence
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Culture Type@CultureType21 Dec 2020
East Germany’s Love Affair With Angela Davis Inspired an Exhibition | nytimes.com/2020/10/26/arts/…
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Spend the day meditating on @KidadaEWilliams's new Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era article: "Writing Victims’ Personhoods and People into the History of Lynching: (December 2020) This article is absolutely brilliant. 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Writing Victims’ Personhoods and People into the History of Lynching | The Journal of the Gilded...

Writing Victims’ Personhoods and People into the History of Lynching - Volume 20 Issue 1

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Now offering virtual internships for the Program in African American History! For more information, click the link below. librarycompany.org/academic-…
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JSTOR Daily
@JSTOR_Daily19 Dec 2020
Black-owned record stores were a hub of belonging. They sold not only music but clothing and beauty products that made Black customers feel welcome. bit.ly/3gmP1xf
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