Category: Slavery
Jefferson Davis and the Constitutional Right to Own Slaves
Many of us learned in school to revere the Constitution as a “Charter of Freedom,” a Magna Carta of rights for the ordinary citizen. More…
1619 Project Book’s History Defended
I saw Nikole Hannah-Jones speak at Hofstra University where I teach back in the days before the Pandemic. She spoke in the largest theater on…
The Feldman Thesis “Lincoln Broke the Constitution” and Its Critics
Harvard Law School Professor Noah Feldman has a new book out The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America that is attracting attention…
South Carolina “A White Man Named Taylor, Who Had Made Negroes His Only Companions…”
In spite of all the nonsense Lost Cause writers once spun about whites and slaves being friends in the Old South, those whites who formed…
When Free Blacks Had to Wear Badges to Show Their Racial Status in South Carolina August 1860
While there were “free Blacks” living in South Carolina before the Civil War, their position was precarious and their freedoms were circumscribed. This article in…
How the Descendants of Slaves Are Impacting Plantation Museums
The Washington Post has an article on how the descendants of slaves are impacting how plantation museums tell their stories. From the article: Robert Bellinger…
Sale of Free Negroes in the South Before the Civil War
Freedom was a precarious state for Blacks before the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment. Free Blacks were sold at auction if they fell behind…
Richmond Unveils Monument to Emancipation at the End of Civil War
This week Richmond, Virginia erects a new monument marking the liberation of the city by Union troops in April 1865 and the end of slavery…
New Marker Tells Story of USCT from Rippavilla Plantation Near Franklin, Tenn.
The Battle of Franklin Trust unveiled a new historical marker last week at Rippavilla near Franklin, Tenn. The panel recounts the story of local enslaved…
Col. Fremont Not A Roman Catholic-The Religious Divide in the 1856 Election
John C. Fremont was a national hero in the 1840s after he led exploratory expeditions in the West. Dubbed “The Pathfinder of the West,” he…
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