
Liberating Narratives is a weekly subscription newsletter helping world history teachers decolonize their classes. Each post explores how to teach specific historical topics and includes primary and secondary source excerpts, historical images, and maps. Bram Hubbell is the author. He can be found on Twitter and Mastodon.
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The Enlightenment Didn’t Cause the Haitian Revolution
Enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue had many reasons to revolt... the Enlightenment wasn't one of them

Voices of the Southern Front: Decolonizing our Teaching of the First World War
A discussion of how to teach the First World War using sources from India and the Middle East.

Beyond the Good War: Alternative Narratives for Teaching World War II
A discussion of how to teach World War II in world history courses by focusing on resources and extreme violence.

“White Devils All Over Asia”: Teaching New Imperialism, c.1850 - c.1940
A discussion of how to teach New Imperialism in world history courses and centering the voices of colonized people.

Afroeurasian Exchange Networks and the Spread of Religions before 1450
Extensive trade networks crisscrossed Afroeurasia before 1500. These networks facilitated more than the movement of goods; cultural traditions and technologies also spread through the networks. We can easily see this through the spread of the four most popular universal religions. The Source

“Listen to the Women For a Change”: The First International Women’s Conference and Late Twentieth-Century Global Feminism
Discussion of teaching late-twentieth-century global feminism

The Problem with Hyphenating Afroeurasia
Hyphens suggest otherness; Afroeurasia has a long interconnected history

“When Mali Conquered the Region of Walata”: Trade and the Expansion of the Empire of Mali
Discussion of how the expansion of Mali facilitated trans-Saharan trade

“All Women Throughout the World”: Global Feminism and Internationalism, 1900-1950
Discussion of teaching global feminism in the first half of the 1900s

Monthly Digest: September 2025
Monthly digest for September 2025

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