Capitalism and Slavery: Reflections on the Williams Thesis
The thing we call slavery and the thing we call capitalism both continue to provoke scholars with their
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Sean Wilentz is wrong about the Founders, slavery, and the Constitution
According to Sean Wilentz’s opinion piece in the September 16 New York Times, the Constitution of 1787 did not make
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*This is a guest post from Ibrahim Sundiata, emeritus professor of African/Afro-American Studies and History at Brandeis University. Sundiata is
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Dispatches from Shondalandia by a Slavery Historian (Vol. 2)
“I am not yours.” – Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, Scandal 2 X 3 “You might be Command, Dad, but
Read moreSlavery, Freedom, Citizenship, and Teaching
What does freedom mean? This week, I’ll start teaching a senior seminar titled Slavery, Freedom, and Citizenship, and
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