In 1866 to support his party before the midterms, President Andrew Johnson denounced Congress as an illegal body, called certain Republican members of Congress traitors who should be hanged, and compared himself both Abraham Lincoln and Jesus Christ
Two recent books employ inventive approaches to read against the grain of the archive left by those who defended and benefited from human bondage.
Historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s book Country of Lords looks back at the many men who have tried to fight against egalitarianism, from John Adams to Peter Thiel
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“I’m really proud that we have made Montgomery, Alabama, arguably the most truthful space in America when it comes to confronting the legacy of slavery and the legacy of lynching,” Stevenson says
Black radicals read the Declaration of Independence.
NATO confronted in the streets of Ankara
The contradictions of the American Revolution.
These troops helped transform a conflict fought initially to preserve the Union into one that destroyed slavery as well.
The history of slavery in the Americas is one of rebellion, solidarity, and democratic invention. A recent book traces the depth and creativity of enslaved people’s resistance, whose legacy continues to inspire social-justice movements.
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