Scarlett CroftDec 24, 202315 minSocial HistoryA Rare Case: Black Women and HysteriaThis essay argues that mainstream psychiatrists and physicians between 1860 to 1900 conceptualised Black women (both those inside and...
Japneet HayerApr 15, 202311 minSocial HistoryThe Effects of Mercantilism and Capitalism on the systemic violence imposed on Enslaved AfricansIt is an undisputable fact that enslaved Africans were put through violent, horrific practices in all areas of enslavement. Some...
Chantelle LeeNov 10, 20229 minPolitical HistoryNative Americans and the ‘Plan for Civilisation’, c.1783 - 1830Following the American Revolution, the new United States’ desire for more land was at the forefront of policy. Although the Indigenous...
Chantelle LeeJul 23, 202210 minPolitical HistoryWas emancipation during the Civil War driven more by military necessity than moral conviction?The standard popular narrative of the American Civil War is that it was a war fought to end slavery, pitched between the slaveholding...