Wealth, Slavery, and the History of American Taxation
Only a few days after Tax Day, many Americans still have Uncle Sam on their minds. Though the vast majority
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Antebellum
A Dual Emancipation: How Black Freedom Benefited Poor Whites
Recently scholars have come to question “emancipation” as the proper terminology for describing the end of American slavery, preferring instead
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The Invisible Threads of Gender, Race, and Slavery
On March 24, 2017 the United Nations commemorated its ten-year anniversary for the International Day of Remembrance honoring the Victims
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The Missing Link: Conservative Abolitionists, Slavery, and Yale
We’re living in one of those moments that doesn’t happen often: elite universities are suddenly interested in their slave-related pasts.
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The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio
This is an excerpt from the fourth chapter of Driven Toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on
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