Private, Public, and Vigilante Violence in Slave Societies, Part 3
This essay is Part Three of a four part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first
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The Problem of Equality: Black Communists and the Women’s Charter
Black Communist Thyra Edwards was not privy to the language of equity, intersectionality, and identity politics used today to describe
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The American Colonization Society: 200 Years of the “Colonizing Trick”
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
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
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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