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Granger’s Juneteenth Orders and the Limiting of Freedom
To what extent did the Union general's famous orders actually liberate the enslaved in Texas?
by
Edward S. Alexander
via
Emerging Civil War
on
June 23, 2020
Numbering the Dead
A brief history of death tolls.
by
Shannon Pufahl
via
New York Review of Books
on
April 21, 2020
The Evolution of the American Census
What changes each decade, what stays the same, and what do the questions say about American culture and society?
by
Alec Barrett
via
The Pudding
on
March 30, 2020
Will This Year’s Census Be the Last?
In the past two centuries, the evolution of the U.S. Census has tracked the country’s social tensions and reflected its political controversies.
by
Jill Lepore
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The New Yorker
on
March 16, 2020
How We Think About the Term 'Enslaved' Matters
The first Africans who came to America in 1619 were not ‘enslaved’, they were indentured – and this is a crucial difference.
by
Nell Irvin Painter
via
The Guardian
on
August 14, 2019
Empire of the Census
America’s long history of manipulating its headcount for political gain.
by
Ed Burmila
via
The Baffler
on
March 1, 2019
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