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Sean Wilentz is wrong about the Founders, slavery, and the Constitution

September 29, 2015September 28, 2015 Patrick Rael Constitution, freedom, law, racism, slavery

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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The ‘Dixie Narrative’ and the Meaning of Slavery

September 16, 2015March 26, 2017 Guest Poster slavery

*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)

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 Jessica Marie Johnson black feminism, feminism, law, reconstruction, slavery

“I am not yours.” – Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, Scandal 2 X 3 “You might be Command, Dad, but

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Slavery, Freedom, Citizenship, and Teaching

January 26, 2015January 25, 2015 Christopher Bonner

  What does freedom mean?   This week, I’ll start teaching a senior seminar titled Slavery, Freedom, and Citizenship, and

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Fury and Disrepute: Black Women’s Feminism in Lawless Times

May 8, 2026April 26, 2026 Jenn M. Jackson 0 Comments
black feminism

We rarely read stories about unrespectable women. When we do, they are often white, middle class, heterosexual, and cisgender. Unrespectable

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