Paul Finkelman

How John Marshall, Joseph Story, and Roger Taney strengthened the institution of slavery and embedded in the law a systemic hostility to fundamental freedom and basic justice.

The Constitution is absolutely clear on this point, but will that matter?

The origins of the Electoral College are entwined with slavery, but not in the way that recent accounts have suggested.

The 2024 OAH Conference on American History falls almost fifteen years after the renowned historian, teacher, and activist's death.

The dangerous myth that blacks in bondage chose not to be free in revolutionary America.