The Article Grove: "Armed With A Knife In Her Bosom" (Journal of AFAM History)

The Article Grove: "Armed With A Knife In Her Bosom" (The Journal of AFAM History)

Today Dr. Sowande Mustakeem will talk from and about her article on a Kansas City murder in 1891 that she uncovered and was able to intellectually weave together that was published in The Journal of African American History. The article, entitled, "Armed With A Knife In Her Bosom: Gender, Violence, and the Carceral Consequences Rage in the Late 19th Century" is available here at the journal website for your future curiosity and tangible learning: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.5323/jafriamerhist.100.3.0385?journalCode=jaah

Dr. Mustakeem is the award-winning author of Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage (University of Illinois Press, 2016)