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Private, Public, and Vigilante Violence in Slave Societies

November 17, 2016November 13, 2016 Keri Leigh Merritt Deep South

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

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After the Election: The View from Recent Brazilian Politics

November 16, 2016November 15, 2016 Greg Childs Brazil, electoral politics, Politics

This one is going to be difficult. I will be heading to Brazil over the winter break to conduct some

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Sitting Shiva: Mourning and Anger in Trump’s America

November 15, 2016November 14, 2016 Patrick Rael freedom

I’ve spent most of my life now studying my country’s history, and in particular the ways it has so consistently,

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Slavery, Democracy, and the Racialized Roots of the Electoral College

November 14, 2016July 1, 2017 Christopher F. Petrella Constitution, electoral politics, Politics

At 11:45 p.m. on November 6, 2012, Donald Trump tweeted that “the electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.”

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Racial Violence and America’s Civil Rights Century: An Interview with Jason Morgan Ward

November 14, 2016November 12, 2016 Stephen G. Hall black politics, Black women, Jim Crow, lynching, Mississippi, NAACP

In today’s guest post, Stephen G. Hall interviews  Jason Morgan Ward about his new book, Hanging Bridge: Racial Violence and

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