How the alliance between slaves and abolitionists ended slavery
One hundred fifty years ago this December, the U.S. completed its long process of abolishing slavery. Why did the nation
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Another symbol of the Confederacy falls
Bowdoin College recently declared that it will no longer offer the Jefferson Davis Award to a student excelling in constitutional
Read moreSean Wilentz is wrong about the Founders, slavery, and the Constitution
According to Sean Wilentz’s opinion piece in the September 16 New York Times, the Constitution of 1787 did not make
Read moreThis week in “Tales of False Equivalency from the Rabid Right”
If there’s anything worse than having to read the details of Vester Flanagan’s murderous rampage, it is watching cynical right-wing
Read moreDid abolitionism cause the Civil War?
I recently came across a review on a conservative website of Thomas Fleming’s A Disease in the Public Mind: A
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