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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
"We The People" Constitution on top of many folders of paper.

Conservatives Want the Antebellum Constitution Back

The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments are in trouble.
by Adam Serwer via The Atlantic on December 21, 2025
Declaration of Independence and American flag.

Declaration of Independence’s Promises Ring Out Today as Loudly as They Did for 249 Years

Americans have looked to the Declaration of Independence when they sought to remedy contemporary problems and create new visions for the country’s future.
by Graeme Mack via The Conversation on December 4, 2025
The military escort for the arrival of the Marquis de Lafayette forms at Castle Garden (1844) by F. J. Fritsch.

The Nation’s Guest

The Marquis de Lafayette’s final visit to the United States in 1825 can show us how to commemorate the Revolution.
by Iris de Rode via Law & Liberty on November 25, 2025
Close up photo of Pecan Pie.

How Pecans Went From Ignored Trees to a Holiday Staple – The 8,000-year History

Pecans are a truly American nut: They grew on George Washington’s estate, and they flew to space on an Apollo mission.
by Shelley Mitchell via The Conversation on November 18, 2025
The Jefferson Memorial, with storm clouds outside, and light from within.

How Jefferson’s Words Were Doctored in his Memorial

A great-great-grandson pushed to portray Jefferson as an abolitionist, leaving a misleading impression about his actions on equality and slavery.
by Michael Kranish via Washington Post on November 2, 2025
In a cotton field at night, a Black man scouts with a lantern, while a black woman passes a book to two fleeing men.

The Black People Who Fled Slavery Had a Lot to Teach Their Northern Allies

Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.
by Jesse Olsavsky via Hammer & Hope on October 31, 2025
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
Police officer wearing a mask, arrests a man who lowered his mask to smoke a pipe, in 1918.

The Mask

How the history of the anti-mask and anti-vaccination movements hang together.
by Thomas Schlich, Bruno J. Strasser via Active History 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
Image of a young boy carrying a pistol with women and children in the background.

Gun Culture Then and Now

Firearm ownership meant something very different when the United States was founded.
by Brian DeLay via Vital City on September 10, 2025
Gouverneur Morris.

The One-Legged Founding Father Who Escaped the French Revolution

Gouverneur Morris wrote the preamble to the Constitution. Later in life, he rejected the foundational document as a failure.
by Zachary Clary via Smithsonian Magazine on September 2, 2025
Illustration of John Dickinson with flowers in the barrel of his musket.

The Prudent Patriot

There’s a lot more to Founding Father John Dickinson than not signing the Declaration of Independence.
by Dennis Drabelle via The Pennsylvania Gazette on August 22, 2025
Two African American children gallop through a field on horseback.

Riding to Freedom: On the Importance of the Horse in Escaping Slavery

“Horses were a part of the daily fabric of life for many enslaved Black people.”
by Bitter Kalli via Literary Hub on August 19, 2025
Dates growing on a palm.
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Dates: Civilization’s Sweetest Indulgence

Offshoots from the “Tree of Life” traveled from Mesopotamia to the Levant to the United States, beguiling everyone with their toothsome confections.
by Jacob Jones via JSTOR Daily on August 13, 2025
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