Uncle Tom's Cabin

Again and again, a fervant British anticommunist's filmstrip of the novel shows images of women in states of distress.

Harriet Beecher Stowe said that Josiah Henson’s life had inspired her most famous character. But Henson longed to be recognized by his own name.

Understanding puzzles as agents of disorder runs counter to a common interpretation that associates puzzles with the quest for order.

Black Germans have used activism and scholarship to shed light on what they describe as Germany’s racist fascination with the American South.

Before Stowe's famous novel, a formerly enslaved African-American living in Canada wrote a memoir detailing his experience.

Stowe’s novel shifted public opinion about slavery so dramatically that it has often been credited with fuelling the war that destroyed the institution.

Why some antebellum reformers thought convents were incompatible with "true womanhood."

Born into slavery, this preacher and Underground Railroad conductor served as the inspiration for a history-making book.

Today, very few white Americans openly celebrate the horrors of black enslavement—most refuse to recognize the brutal nature of the institution or activ...

Over the course of her 83 years, the megawatt star that was Tina Turner kept telling us who she was in the hopes that we would see her — all of her.

There is an illusion at the centre of British history that conceals the role of slavery in building the nation. Here’s how I fell for it.

Baptists were never monolithic on the issue of slavery, but Southern Baptists were united in their opposition to Northern Baptists determining their beliefs.

A contemporary Atlantic writer reflects on one of the voices from the magazine's archives who helped shape the publication—and the nation.

Emily Bingham’s new book explores the roots of the Kentucky Derby’s anthem. It may not be pretty, but it’s important to know.

The proliferation of antebellum print is analogous to our own tectonic shifts in how people communicate and what they communicate about.

New books investigate the brutality of the internal slave trade by focusing on businesses, and examine the role of white women in enslaving Black people.

Reflections on Richard Wright’s recently published novel, "The Man Who Lived Underground."

Though the cruelties of the Trump administration’s “Zero Tolerance” policy were unique, they were part of an American tradition of taking children from parents.

Debunking the myths of the domestic slave trade.

Reconciliation is good — but not at any cost.