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Ed Ayers next to the cover of his book, "The Thin Light of Freedom."
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The Thin Light of Freedom

On this episode of BackStory, Brian sits down with Ed to talk about a project of his that’s been twenty-five years in the making.
via BackStory on November 17, 2017

Why A 19th Century American Slave Memoir Is Becoming A Bestseller In Japan's Bookstores

Why "Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl" by Harriet Ann Jacobs (1861), became a hit in Japan when it was published there in 2013.
by Jake Adelstein via Forbes on November 15, 2017
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It’s Been 155 Years Since the Senate Expelled a Member. Will Roy Moore Break the Streak?

If he does, it will be a sign of just how repugnant his actions are.
by Michael Todd Landis via Made By History on November 15, 2017

The Princeton & Slavery Project

A vast, interactive collection of resources related to Princeton's involvement with the institution of slavery.
via Princeton University on November 6, 2017
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The North Tried Compromise. The South Chose War.

The South's insistence upon protecting and spreading slavery caused the Civil War.
by Carole Emberton via Made By History on November 1, 2017

The South Only Embraced States' Rights as It Lost Control of the Federal Government

For decades, slaveholders were powerfully committed to the Union. That changed when Washington stopped protecting their interests.
by W. Caleb McDaniel via The Atlantic on November 1, 2017
Beginnning of the Constitution of the Confederate States of America.

The Decision to Secede and Establish the Confederacy

A selection of primary sources compiled by the American Historical Association.
via American Historical Association on November 1, 2017
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The Tireless Abolitionist Nobody Ever Heard of

He was a well-known figure in early America, but the name of Warner Mifflin has all but faded from the nation's memory.
by Gary B. Nash via HNN on October 24, 2017
Karl Marx

How the American Civil War Shaped Marxism

Although Karl Marx never saw the U.S., he thought long and hard about how it fit into his theory, especially during the Civil War.
by Matthew Wills, Robert Weiner, Gerald Runkle via JSTOR Daily on October 24, 2017

A Sign On Scrubland Marks One of America's Largest Slave Uprisings

The Stono rebellion of 1739 was the biggest slave rebellion in Britain’s North American colonies, but it is barely commemorated.
by Adam Gabbatt via The Guardian on October 24, 2017

Missouri v. Celia, a Slave

The story of the 19-year old who killed the white master raping her, and claimed self-defense.
by DaNeen L. Brown via Retropolis on October 19, 2017

Myth of Black Confederates Won't Go Away

Two South Carolina lawmakers dust off a familiar trope in an attempt to fight back against Confederate monument removals.
by Kevin M. Levin via Post and Courier on October 11, 2017

Everyone Needs to See The Roots' Schoolhouse Rock-Style Slavery Lesson From 'Black-ish'

"I'm Just a Slave" is a necessary song about Juneteenth.
by Matt Miller via Esquire on October 4, 2017
Ripped American flag flying next to the Texas flag.

In Texas, Even the Lies about the Confederacy Are Bigger

Republican House Speaker Joe Straus is calling for the removal of a Confederate plaque about the role of slavery in the Civil War.
by Kevin M. Levin via Civil War Memory on September 20, 2017

The Alamo: The First and Last Confederate Monument?

The Alamo supposedly honors the courage of Anglos pitted against Mexican brutality. In fact, it is about slavery and emancipation.
by Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra via Arcade on September 18, 2017

Defenders Of Confederate Monuments Keep Trying To Erase History

Claims that the Confederacy didn't fight to uphold slavery are disputed by Confederate generals themselves.
by Adam H. Domby via HuffPost on September 15, 2017

The Forced Absence of Slavery: Rare Letters to a Virginia Governor

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe is taking steps to commemorate enslaved people who worked for his predecessor nearly 200 years ago.
by Gregory S. Schneider via Retropolis on September 13, 2017

How a Court Answered a Forgotten Question of Slavery’s Legacy

As Americans debated how the Civil War period is publicly commemorated, a battle over a related question was finally put to rest.
by Arica L. Coleman via TIME on September 11, 2017
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“I Wanted to Tell the Story of How I Had Become a Racist”

An interview with historian Charles B. Dew.
by Charles B. Dew, Robin Lindley via HNN on September 10, 2017
Formal portrait photo of an African American wet nurse with a white child on her lap.

Historians Detail Charleston's Role in the Antebellum Market for Wet Nurses

Enslaved wet nurses were a valued purchase in the antebellum South.
by Dustin Waters via Charleston City Paper on September 6, 2017

Making Sense of the Violence in Charlottesville

Was the white-nationalist march better understood as a departure from America’s traditional values, or viewed in the context of its history?
by Elizabeth Klein, James Forman Jr. via The Atlantic on September 3, 2017

The "Quaker Comet" Was the Greatest Abolitionist You've Never Heard Of

Overlooked by historians, Benjamin Lay was one of the nation's first radicals to argue for an end to slavery.
by Marcus Rediker via Smithsonian on September 1, 2017

The 'Slave Block' in a Town in Virginia: Should it Stay or Should it Go?

This is not a monument, it’s a piece of history. But should it be removed from view?
by David Caprara via The Guardian on September 1, 2017

American Sphinx

Civil War monuments erased an emancipated Black population, but the Sphinx looked to an integrated Africa and America.
by Colin Dickey via Longreads on August 31, 2017
Microphone hovers over a portrait of George Washington.
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What Trump — And His Critics — Get Wrong About George Washington and Robert E. Lee

The two men owned slaves — but at vastly different moments in American history.
by Patrick Rael via Made By History on August 23, 2017

Falling Out of Love with the Civil War

America's unconditional love of the Civil War has blinded us to its true meaning.
by Sarah Handley-Cousins via Nursing Clio on August 21, 2017
Violence during the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017.

America's Deadly Divide - and Why it Has Returned

Civil War historian David Blight reflects on America’s Disunion – then and now.
by David W. Blight via The Guardian on August 20, 2017

Charlottesville: Why Jefferson Matters

Annette Gordon-Reed explores the ways in which the many paradoxes of Jefferson make him a potent figure for racists and anti-racists alike.
by Annette Gordon-Reed via New York Review of Books on August 19, 2017

Is it Still Okay to Venerate George Washington and Thomas Jefferson?

The president's stand on the Confederate hero represents the kind of moral relativism that conservatives usually decry.
by David A. Bell via Washington Post on August 17, 2017

The Pernicious Myth of the ‘Loyal Slave’ Lives on in Confederate Memorials

Statues don’t need to venerate military leaders of the Civil War to promulgate false narratives.
by Kevin M. Levin via Smithsonian on August 17, 2017
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