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Slavery
May 20, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
Get Ready for a National Debate About Slavery Reparations
Ta-Nehisi Coates makes his case in The Atlantic's new issue
May 10, 2014
Steven Hahn
The Emancipationist Century
David Brion Davis's trilogy was fifty years in the making, and the final volume was worth the wait
February 11, 2014
Paul Berman
The True Story of America's First Black Female Slave Novelist
The woman behind 'The Bondwoman's Narrative'
January 20, 2014
Michael Kazin
Slavery Is Having a Hollywood Moment. What About the Rest of Black History in America?
October 23, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
Why Can't Critics Deal With Films About Slavery?
May 24, 1948
Walter White
Sojourner Truth: Friend of Freedom
The former slave left an indelible imprint on America, despite a series of tremendous obstacles.
February 18, 1920
Herbert Croly
Abraham Lincoln Was Not A Man of the People
February 18, 1920
Herbert Croly
The Paradox of Lincoln

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