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Illustration of a proslavery mob raiding a post office in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1835.
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How Much Is Too Much?

The dramatic story of the abolitionist mail crisis of 1835.
via BackStory on December 7, 2012

The Ledger

In researching his family's past, the author learns of his ancestors' efforts to thrive despite the confines of racial oppression.
by Lawrence Jackson via n+1 on June 14, 2012
Harriet Beecher Stowe imagining her characters.

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and the Art of Persuasion

Stowe’s novel shifted public opinion about slavery so dramatically that it has often been credited with fuelling the war that destroyed the institution.
by Annette Gordon-Reed via The New Yorker on June 6, 2011
Confederate soldier with wife and baby.
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Fighting for Home

How the idea of “home” motivated Confederate soldiers, and strengthened their resolve to fight.
via BackStory on March 31, 2011
Creole in a Red Headdress. Amans, Jacques Guillaume Lucien (Artist).

Creoles

The word "Creole" invites debate because it possesses several meanings, some of which concern the innately sensitive subjects of race and ethnicity.
by Shane K. Bernard via 64 Parishes on December 8, 2010

Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Nine maps of the transatlantic slave trade between 1500 and 1900.
by David Eltis, David Richardson via The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database on November 18, 2010
Eagle on the front cover of Lynd's "Origins of American Radicalism" book
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The Return of Staughton Lynd

A look back at the historian's work suggests that contemporary radicals may be all too invested in the myth of American consensus.
by David Waldstreicher via HNN on February 15, 2010

Phillis Wheatley: an Eighteenth-Century Genius in Bondage

Vincent Carretta takes a look at the remarkable life of the first ever African-American woman to be published.
by Vincent Carretta via The Public Domain Review on December 2, 2006
University of Ohio
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The Late Unpleasantness in Idaho: Southern Slavery and the Culture Wars

Culture warriors envision a future in which the educational power of universities will be harnessed to the propagation of a “biblical worldview” nationwide.
by William L. Ramsey via HNN on December 19, 2004
Henry Ford

Ford and the Führer

Ford Motor Company claims its Cologne plant was confiscated by Nazis, but newly discovered documents and correspondence prove otherwise.
by Ken Silverstein via The Nation on January 6, 2000
A painting by J. M. W. Turner depicting a slave ship throwing its dead into the stormy waters.

The Slave Trade and the Jews

Jews have long been feared as the power behind inexplicable evils. Responsibility for the African slave trade has recently been added to this list of crimes.
by David Brion Davis via New York Review of Books on December 22, 1994
Black and white divided star on the cover of "Two Nations" by Andrew Hacker.

The American Dilemma

The moral contradiction of a nation torn between allegiance to its highest ideals and awareness of the base realities of racial discrimination.
by David Brion Davis via New York Review of Books on July 16, 1992
Circus Sideshow, by Georges Seurat, 1887–88.

Unforgettable

W.E.B. Du Bois on the beauty of sorrow songs.
via Lapham’s Quarterly on January 1, 1903

The Johnson Party

An 1866 essay presents Andrew Johnson as "the virtual leader of the Southern reactionary party."
by E. P. Whipple via The Atlantic on September 1, 1866
A drawing of a church in Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1812.

The Story of Denmark Vesey

Against the backdrop of another conflict over slavery in 1861, Thomas Wentworth Higginson wrote an in-depth narrative of Denmark Vesey's planned slave revolt in Charleston, SC.
by Thomas Wentworth Higginson via The Atlantic on June 1, 1861
Painting of Abraham Lincoln

The Election in November

The Atlantic’s editor endorsed Abraham Lincoln for presidency in the 1860 election, correctly predicting it would prove to be “a turning-point in our history.”
by James Russell Lowell via The Atlantic on October 1, 1860

A Letter From Frederick Douglass to His Former Owner

A spotlight on a primary source.
by Frederick Douglass via Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History on October 4, 1857
Olauda Equiano.

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano, native of Africa, survivor of the Middle Passage and enslavement, tells his story.
by Olaudah Equiano via The Internet Archive on March 24, 1789
A drawing of the burning of Norfolk.

In January 1776, Norfolk Was Set Ablaze, Galvanizing the Revolution. But Who Really Lit the Match?

Blaming the British for the destruction helped persuade some colonists to back the fight for independence. But the source of the inferno was not what it seemed.
by Andrew Lawler via Smithsonian Magazine on October 26, 2025
Diagram of a cotton gin

How Eli Whitney Single-handedly Started the Civil War . . . and Why That’s Not True

The real Whitney story is less grand than the legend, but more interesting and, ultimately, more edifying.
by Ariel Ron via Commonplace on October 14, 2025
Illustration of Karl Marx in front of map of the United States.

The Triumphs and Travails of American Marxism

Karl Marx never visited the United States, but he and his ideas left an imprint nonetheless.
by Robin Blackburn via The Nation on October 13, 2025
Illustration of a founding father standing in front of a distorted mirror.

What the Founders Would Say Now

They might be surprised that the republic exists at all.
by Fintan O’Toole via The Atlantic on October 10, 2025
Table set with an 18th-century meal of wine, meat, and vegetables.

So Much Madeira

What the Founding Fathers ate—and drank—on July 4, 1777.
by Victoria Flexner via The Atlantic on October 9, 2025
Clarence Thomas and small sections of the Supreme Court's opinion in Students for Fair Admissions versus Harvard.

Clarence Thomas Accidentally Laid the Groundwork for Reviving Affirmative Action

In trying to shut the door on race-conscious affirmative action, he may have quietly left another affirmative action door wide open.
by Maureen Edobor, Brandon Hogan via Slate on October 7, 2025
Fugitives from slavery disembarking from a boat to waiting coaches.

The Underground Railroad’s Stealth Sailors

The web of Atlantic trading routes and solidarity among maritime workers meant a fugitive's chances of reaching freedom below deck were better than over land.
by Eric Foner via New York Review of Books on October 2, 2025
Page excerpting Louisiana's Reconstruction constitution and featuring portraits of its Black legislators.

The Long Struggle for Equality in the American South: Louisiana as a Test Case

Louisiana’s 1845 and 1852 conventions reveal partisan tensions over the economy that shaped Black struggles and opportunities for decades.
by Lacy K. Ford via The Panorama on September 23, 2025
Sam Francis in front of a Confederate flag.

Only Power Matters

How Samuel Francis wrote the recipe for MAGA.
by Matt McManus via Commonweal on September 22, 2025
Commercial and tourist docks of St. George's, Grenada.
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Grenada: When the Cold War Got Spicy

The 1983 invasion of Grenada raised questions about the legitimacy of American reactions to a communist presence on the island.
by Rob Crossan via JSTOR Daily on September 19, 2025
"Coyote Survives the Night," diptych of coyote crucified and carving wood by Ed Archie NoiseCat.

Indian Names

A personal exploration through Indigenous history and the importance of names.
by Julian Brave NoiseCat via The Paris Review on September 17, 2025
“The Scourged Back” shows the scarred back of escaped slave Peter Gordon in Louisiana, 1863. (McPherson & Oliver/National Gallery of Art)

National Park to Remove Photo of Enslaved Man’s Scars

The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”
by Hannah Natanson, Jake Spring via Washington Post on September 15, 2025
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