You might not at first glance think swamps have long human histories that require remembrance and memorialization, but in the context of slavery and escape, they are quite central to our history. Luck
Tiya Miles is one of our finest historians and this excerpt from a recent essay of hers is powerful, connecting how racial domination of Black people already was a real thing on the Michigan frontier
If you read one long piece today, make it Ryan Fontanilla’s discussion of his time in the Coast Guard patrolling to ensure no Haitian migrants enter the nation and how he compares the treatment
The Underground Railroad was not just taking slaves to Canada. There was a southern version too, heading down through Texas and into Mexico. Here’s a good story on it. While researching U.S. Civ
The almost totally unknown story of Julia Chinn is another example of how the inability of Black women to consent to sex with white men is a definitional issue in American history. She was born enslav
On January 23, 1749, a supposed slave conspiracy was reported in Charleston, South Carolina. This probably nonexistent conspiracy is a good window into the complexities of the slave labor system and t
My dislike of the Hamilton musical is well-known and also multifaceted. Some of it is that I just don’t like the genre of musical theater so OK, you can ignore that if you are a fan. But part of
As we deal with our racist past and the white supremacist statues across the country, things start getting difficult when we move beyond those who have obvious consensus as horrible people, such as tr