Ghosts of Slavery’s Christmas
James Thomas was well-acquainted with powerful white southerners, intimate even. He was born in 1827 to an enslaved woman and
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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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Gender, Slavery, and the Archive in Cuba: An Interview with Aisha Finch
This month, I interviewed Aisha Finch about her new book, Rethinking Slave Rebellion in Cuba: La Escalera and the Insurgencies
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