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A reflection on the ways historians frame the peculiar institution.
You Can’t Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads: Angelo Herndon’s Fight for Free Speech
By Brad Snyder
Why a 1930s Black activist could’ve gotten the chair.
Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families
By Judith Giesberg
Tragic accounts of seekers and the stolen.
Tangled Fortunes: The Hidden History of Interracial Marriage in the Segregated South
By Kathryn Schumaker
A dense, sprawling account of mixed-race relationships in America.
A Perfect Frenzy: A Royal Governor, His Black Allies, and the Crisis that Spurred the American Revolution
By Andrew Lawler
An imperfect account of revolutionary Virginia.
Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making?
By Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
This mostly staid compilation is far from sexy.
The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North
By Michelle Adams
How the fight for equitable education played out in 1970s Michigan.
Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Union
By Richard Carwardine
Was Abe’s spiritual transformation an honest one?
