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Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men
Thomas A. Foster
2019
Sculpture of a blindfolded Black man, by artist Woodrow Nash on display at the Whitney Plantation.

Black Men Endured Sexual Exploitation Under Slavery. Their Story Is Rarely Told.

Historian Thomas A. Foster discusses his new book "Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men".
by Thomas A. Foster, George Yancy via Truthout on February 12, 2026
Rethinking Rufus book cover

The Rape of Rufus? Sexual Violence Against Enslaved Men

"Rethinking Rufus" argues that enslaved black men were sexually violated by both white men and white women.
by Thomas A. Foster via NOTCHES on October 27, 2020
Painting of white men taking enslaved Africans off boat on a beach.

Who Owns the Evidence of Slavery’s Violence?

A lawsuit against Harvard University demands the return of an ancestor’s stolen image.
by Thomas A. Foster via Public Seminar on September 10, 2020
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