Slavery Abolition

I live in envy. I envy the people who know their nationality. All the people whose nationality has never been a question in their mind. I can imagine the woman staring at her reflection in the Volta River who knows she’s Ghanaian like her ancestors who libera…

Democrat Amy McGrath is running against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-G.O.A.T.) in Kentucky, and so far her campaign isn't doing so well. Even the people who hate Cocaine Mitch's guts are scoffing at her. I'll let MSNBC's Kasie Hunt sum it up: Th…

US President Donald Trump speaks the Donald Trump delivered a patriotic message during his celebration of Americas Independence Day, accompanied by a full display of the country's military might.  The US president hailed an eclectic mix of the country's he…

We take it for granted in 2019 that the Republican Party is America's primary vehicle for political conservatism, but that was not always the case. To understand how the Republican Party became associated with right-wing politics — and, for that matter, how t…

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John Adams wrote home on July 3rd, 1776, that the day before would be the most memorable Epocha, in the history of America to be celebrated from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more. He was off by two days.  The final dr…

To the Editor: Stonewall and the Myth of Self-Deliverance, by Kwame Anthony Appiah (Sunday Review, June 23), quotes from my book The Slaves Cause: A History of Abolition to challenge simple narratives of self-liberation. While the quotation from the book, id…

There are July 4 traditions that are welcome and seemingly indestructible: barbecues and fireworks, most notably. There are some that are fortunately defunct: hours-long orations by stuffed-shirt politicians. There are some innovations that one hopes do not b…

In his original draft of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson offered a powerful final grievance against King George III. The King, Jefferson wrote, has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life & l…

iStockphoto / Choreograph The Fourth of July is a wonderful time to embark on a great many things but we’d be remiss to not take some time to look back at our country’s great history. A fun fact about looking back is that it’s super easy to do with a…