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The Wrong Kind of Redemption: A Civil War That Never Ended

The Wrong Kind of Redemption: A Civil War That Never Ended

Philip Dray on Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s New Book and the “Glorious Failure” of Reconstruction

By Philip Dray | April 8, 2019

What Does It Mean to Call an Idea American?

What Does It Mean to Call an Idea American?

On the Intellectual Genealogy of the United States

By Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen | February 14, 2019

The Enslaved Man Who Escaped George Washington—Twice

The Enslaved Man Who Escaped George Washington—Twice

Defecting to the British">How 30,000 Enslaved People Gained Freedom by
Defecting to the British

By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | October 24, 2017

Life as a Trans Man in Turn-of-the-Century America

Life as a Trans Man in Turn-of-the-Century America

"Our Nation’s Past is Far Queerer than is Generally Discussed"

By Emily Skidmore | September 22, 2017

Andrew Johnson's Impeachment: A Model And A Warning for Trump

Andrew Johnson's Impeachment: A Model And A Warning for Trump

A Case Study in How to (Almost) Remove a President

By Allan J. Lichtman | May 8, 2017

Race is the Original American Fiction

Race is the Original American Fiction

On Reuniting with The Descendants of Thomas Jefferson's Slaves

By Andrew Mitchell Davenport | April 13, 2017

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