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The American Colonization Society: 200 Years of the “Colonizing Trick”

December 22, 2016January 2, 2017 Nicholas Guyatt black nationalism

Two hundred years ago this week, dozens of the nation’s most powerful men met in the Davis Hotel in Washington

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

December 20, 2016December 19, 2016 Patrick Rael Electoral College, emancipation

This is the second part of a two-part survey on the Electoral College, race, and slavery. This post explores the

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

December 19, 2016December 18, 2016 Patrick Rael Electoral College

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

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Slavery, the 13th Amendment, and Mass Incarceration: A Response to Patrick Rael

December 12, 2016December 13, 2016 Dennis R. Childs 13th Amendment, convict leasing

This post is a rebuttal to Patrick Rael’s “Demystifying the 13th Amendment and Its Impact on Mass Incarceration.” Dear Professor

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Private, Public, and Vigilante Violence in Slave Societies, Part 2

December 11, 2016December 10, 2016 Keri Leigh Merritt criminal justice system, Deep South

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

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