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A Compact for the Good of America? Slavery and the Three-Fifths Compromise

The recent election has renewed interest in the history of the Electoral College, as evident in Christopher F. Petrella’s excellent

This essay is Part Two of a four-part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first part

Although forms of systemic racism had certainly not gone away prior to Donald Trump’s election, that so many Americans voted

Christianity has played a central role in African-American life from the late 18th century to the present. Black churches raised

This post is part of a blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in African